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Elias Eli Torres
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Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
E CO 8 REGT 1 CAV DIV
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Date of Death
November 5, 1950
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Corporal Torres was a squad leader in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on September 9, 1950 and returned to duty on September 18, 1950. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950 and was killed by a guard on November 5, 1950. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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