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ORLANDO TORRES-OYOLA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1949 – August 14, 1970
Service recordOrlando Torres-Oyola, of Cayey, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 113
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Cayey, Puerto Rico (Cayey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 113
- BRUCE DAVID WAGNERCorporal · August 14, 1970
- WARREN CHARLES ANDERSONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1970
- WILSON PAUL BAILEYSpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER BECKERFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1970
From Cayey
- PEDRO VAZQUEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MIGUEL A NEGRON-RODRIGUEZSergeant · August 4, 1968
- JOSE RAMON COLON-RIVERACorporal · August 21, 1968
- JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRESSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 11, 1970
- TORRES BENJAMIN BURGOSPrivate First Class · February 15, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.