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ANDRES ORTIZ-LEBRON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – June 6, 1970
Service recordAndres Ortiz-Lebron, of Maunabo, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 21
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Maunabo, Puerto Rico (Maunabo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 21
- ALBERT ROMERO CORTEZLance Corporal · June 6, 1970
- JERRY LEWIS MARTINFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE PACEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1970
- JOSEPH SEBASTIAN SANCHEZSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
From Maunabo
- GERASIMO ARROYO-BAEZSergeant First Class · March 24, 1969
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.