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SANTIAGO TORRES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1948 – March 9, 1968
Service recordSantiago Torres JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 2
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 1968
- ALTON THOMAS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- HENRY EARL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- MCCREA BENEDICT TUTTLECaptain · March 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD REECE IRBYPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 67
- RICHARD ELSWORTH VINCENTSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 3
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.