SPC Teodoro Torres Jr.

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SPC Teodoro Torres Jr.

Birth
Death
5 May 2006 (aged 29)
Baghdad, Iraq
Burial
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section So45, Tier 864, Sp 2W
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Army Spc. Teodoro Torres died May 5, 2006 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom. 29years old, of Las Vegas, Nev. He was assigned to the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve, Abilene, Texas.; attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; killed May 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed were: 1st. Sgt. Carlos N. Saenz and Sgt. Nathan J. Vacho. Torres is one of six children, but he was the only boy. 5 sisters, Melissa Torres. Predeceased by grandfathers, Julio Betances and Hipolito Torres. Son of Teodoro Sr. and Carmen Torres; brother of Delilah Rivera, Leticia Andolina, Rosalie Watts, Tina Cruz and Melissa Torres; grandson of Carmen Figueroa and Rosa Torres; nephew of Hilda, Abraham and Wilfredo Betances. He was 29.
Army Spc. Teodoro Torres died May 5, 2006 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom. 29years old, of Las Vegas, Nev. He was assigned to the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve, Abilene, Texas.; attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; killed May 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed were: 1st. Sgt. Carlos N. Saenz and Sgt. Nathan J. Vacho. Torres is one of six children, but he was the only boy. 5 sisters, Melissa Torres. Predeceased by grandfathers, Julio Betances and Hipolito Torres. Son of Teodoro Sr. and Carmen Torres; brother of Delilah Rivera, Leticia Andolina, Rosalie Watts, Tina Cruz and Melissa Torres; grandson of Carmen Figueroa and Rosa Torres; nephew of Hilda, Abraham and Wilfredo Betances. He was 29.