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TORRES BENJAMIN BURGOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1950 – February 15, 1971
Service recordTorres Benjamin Burgos, of Cayey, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Cayey, Puerto Rico (Cayey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 104
- STEPHEN HENRY WARNERSpecialist Four · February 14, 1971
- IVAN RICHARD ASPER JRStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT BROBSTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1971
- RICHARD NORMAN BRUSOSpecialist Six · February 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WAYNE COMBERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 105
- JULIAN ERNEST MARQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 107
- STANLEY EUGENE REDMONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 108
- KENNETH M STEINKIRCHNERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 109
From Cayey
- PEDRO VAZQUEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MIGUEL A NEGRON-RODRIGUEZSergeant · August 4, 1968
- JOSE RAMON COLON-RIVERACorporal · August 21, 1968
- JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRESSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- ORLANDO TORRES-OYOLACorporal · August 14, 1970
- GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 11, 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.