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VINCENT TORRES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – January 4, 1967
Service recordVincent Torres, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 115
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- RAY BELTONPrivate First Class · January 5, 1967
- WILLIAM DEMARR BOYDSergeant · January 5, 1967
- REINALDO DELGADOPrivate First Class · January 5, 1967
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- GERALD DUNNLance Corporal · July 8, 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.