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REY FRANCISCO TORRESRAMOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 6, 1950 – June 4, 1971
Service recordRey Francisco Torresramos, of Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 66
- JAMES WALTER MYLESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- LEM CLARKSergeant First Class · June 5, 1971
- JOHN ROBERT JONESSergeant · June 5, 1971
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LAMMERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1971
From Hato Rey
- RAFAEL TORRES-RIVERASergeant · April 6, 1965
- LUIS ANTONIO RAMIREZLance Corporal · December 1, 1966
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · October 13, 1967
- ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGOCorporal · December 23, 1967
- GERMAN ANTONIO SANTIAGOStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- ABELARDO RODRIGUEZ-GUZMANPrivate · August 10, 1969
- RAFAEL RIVERA BENITEZPlatoon Sergeant · February 8, 1971
- DONALD BENED WHITLOCK IIISergeant · August 4, 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.