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ANTONIO OLIVAREZ ORTIZ
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
May 30, 1944 – December 19, 1970
Service recordAntonio Olivarez Ortiz, of Pirtleville, Arizona, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 19, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 132
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Born
- May 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Pirtleville, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1970; four of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 132
- DAN L F COOMBS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1970
- DERALD JOE HOODPrivate First Class · December 19, 1970
- GEORGE ARTHUR KNETSARSpecialist Four · December 19, 1970
- AVON NORRIS MALLETTEWarrant Officer 1 · December 19, 1970
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.