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PRISHARDO JOSE T TORRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1939 – June 22, 1966
Service recordPrishardo Jose T Torres, of Agana, Guam, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Agana, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 78
- THOMAS EMERSON SULLIVANSergeant · June 22, 1966
- NATHANIEL WILSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- JAMES FREDERICK BALBIRNIEPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HARRY JOHN BELKNAPEnsign · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 74
- JAMES RICHARD DUFAULTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 74
- CECIL HUYLERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 75
- GARY ALLEN ISAACSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 75
- RUDOLPH CARL SELENKA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 77
From Agana
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · April 24, 1966
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
- ALLAN JAMES DAMIANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- TOMAS GARCIA REYESStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT L G MENDIOLASpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- HERMAN BORJA DELEONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- FREDERICO V DELA-CRUZCorporal · August 20, 1969
- RAFAEL SALAS SANTOSStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · May 21, 1970
- PEDRO CABRERA PANGELINANStaff Sergeant · February 23, 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.