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RAYMOND TORRES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1942 – July 10, 1969
Service recordRaymond Torres, of La Mesa, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 95
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 5, 1942
- Home of record
- La Mesa, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 95
- RICHARD FRANCIS RUNZOCorporal · July 10, 1969
- HENRY EUGENE SPARKSStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS STOCKBAUERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE TOLIVERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
- WILLIAM B CHRISTENSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21W, Line 92
- KENNETH JULIAN CYMBALSKICorporal · Panel 21W, Line 92
- BOBBY GENE FARMERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 92
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 93
- CHARLES THOMAS STOCKBAUERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 95
From La Mesa
- ROGER VIRGIL KELLEYLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BAUMSergeant · November 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINAPOLISeaman · December 23, 1967
- JAMES PEYTON CROOKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- PHILLIP DOUGLAS LAFRAMBOISEStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- DIETER RUDOLF VATERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- CRAIG HABERLEINSergeant · June 19, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
- KENNETH WAYNE PREVOSTSpecialist Five · March 13, 1970
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.