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WILFREDO GAVILAN-TORRES
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 29, 1950 – October 16, 1970
Service recordWilfredo Gavilan-Torres, of Ponce, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Ponce, Puerto Rico (Ponce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 3
- JOHN STEPHEN FAKOSergeant · October 15, 1970
- ERNEST DANIEL CARDWELLLance Corporal · October 16, 1970
- DOMINIC JOHN DEANGELISSpecialist Four · October 16, 1970
- STEPHEN EDWARD JESKOSergeant · October 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DEWEY LIVINGSTONSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 4
From Ponce
- ELIAS ALVAREZ-BUZOSergeant · November 15, 1965
- JUVENCIO TORRES-ACEVEDOPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- ISRAEL VARGAS-VARGASPlatoon Sergeant · January 18, 1966
- PEDRO SANTOS-PINEDOPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- LESLIE ISMA MORALES-LUCASSergeant · July 2, 1966
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JUSTINO ENRI CASTRO-RAMOSLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · December 6, 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.