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VICTOR LUIS TORRES
Private · U.S. Army
December 2, 1946 – January 17, 1967
Service recordVictor Luis Torres, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 46
- CEFERINO ADRAN ORTIZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- EDGAR JOE SAFFLE JRCaptain · January 17, 1967
- DALE CLARENCE SCHUMMERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WOZNIAKMajor · January 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH RAYE ORTISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 45
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.