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Richard Torres
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Name: Army 2nd Lt. Richard Torres
Age: 25
From: Clarksville, Tenn.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Incident: Army 2nd Lt. Richard Torres was killed Oct. 6 when his convoy, on combat patrol, was hit by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
Died: October 06, 2003
Former Austin Peay ROTC graduate killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 25
From: Clarksville, Tenn.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Incident: Army 2nd Lt. Richard Torres was killed Oct. 6 when his convoy, on combat patrol, was hit by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
Died: October 06, 2003
Former Austin Peay ROTC graduate killed in Iraq
Associated Press
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A former award-winning ROTC graduate at Austin Peay State University was killed Oct. 6 in Iraq when his convoy was hit by a homemade explosive, the Department of Defense said.
Second Lt. Richard Torres, 25, was assigned to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum in northern New York. He was originally from New Jersey.
Torres had been a sergeant with the 326th Engineer Battalion at Fort Campbell, Ky., before he enrolled in Austin Peay’s ROTC program in Clarksville.
He graduated in May 2002. Torres is the first Austin Peay ROTC graduate killed in combat since the school began the program in...
Occupation
1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Incident
Army 2nd Lt. Richard Torres was killed Oct. 6 when his convoy, on combat patrol, was hit by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
Prayers & Messages
Richard Torres
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.