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WILLIAM JAMES TORPIE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 20, 1943 – March 25, 1969
Service recordWilliam James Torpie, of Hawthorne, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 41
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 41
- CARL EDWARD TODDPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 1969
- JAMES GLENN UPCHURCHSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · March 25, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT WILSONFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HAROLD ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- EDDIE DEAN CARPERSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 33
- FRANK JOSEPH G ELLIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 34
- EARL MARSHALL HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 36
- DENNIS R RICHARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 39
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.