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VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRES
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1925 – April 6, 1967
Service recordVincente Medina-Torres, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 112
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1925
- Home of record
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 112
- JOHNNY ELMER LEWISPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- EUGENE MCCRAYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- KENNETH EARL MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT MINUTOLICaptain · April 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MONROE DYKESSpecialist Five · Panel 17E, Line 110
- JOHNNY ELMER LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 112
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 113
- HENRY EDWARD PATENAUDESergeant First Class · Panel 17E, Line 113
- GEORGE M HARRINGTONSpecialist Five · Panel 17E, Line 114
- CONRAD EARL POOLESpecialist Five · Panel 17E, Line 114
From San Juan
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- VICTOR R VELAZQUEZ-LOPEZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALLSergeant · March 21, 1971
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · November 28, 1971
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.