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CEFERINO ADRAN ORTIZ-ORTIZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1939 – January 17, 1967
Service recordCeferino Adran Ortiz-Ortiz, of Orocovis, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1939
- Home of record
- Orocovis, Puerto Rico (Orocovis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 46
- EDGAR JOE SAFFLE JRCaptain · January 17, 1967
- DALE CLARENCE SCHUMMERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- VICTOR LUIS TORRESPrivate · January 17, 1967
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WOZNIAKMajor · January 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT HAROLD CROWDERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 43
- DANIEL TERRY CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 43
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 43
- LARRY GENE GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 44
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 45
From Orocovis
- ANGEL PERFIR SAEZ-RAMIREZStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1967
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.