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REYNALDO LERMA TORRES JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – June 7, 1968
Service recordReynaldo Lerma Torres JR, of Laredo, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 28
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Laredo, Texas (Webb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 28
- DEAN CALVIN SPENCER IIISpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- ALTON LEON STAPLES IIIPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- EDDIE THOMAS TERRYStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL WARREN TRAVISLance Corporal · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WYNNE LEONARD BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 20
- JOHN ASHER COMBSSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 21
- JAMES FRANK KONECNYCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 24
From Laredo
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- RODOLFO GUADALUPE GONZALEZSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- RAUL VILLASpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- JORGE SOSAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- IGNACIO TORRES JRSergeant · November 18, 1967
- HOMERO PEREZStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1967
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.