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ALBERTO ORTIZ JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1931 – April 19, 1972
Service recordAlberto Ortiz JR, of Grulla, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 9, 1931
- Home of record
- Grulla, Texas (Starr County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1972
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1972; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 3
- GEORGE KASPER BARSOM IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1972
- PAUL JOHN PESCESpecialist Four · April 19, 1972
- THOMAS STOKES POWELLCaptain · April 19, 1972
- ARNOLD JOHN RAHMCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.