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DAVID JOHN ORTALS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1948 – May 22, 1970
Service recordDavid John Ortals, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 83
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Uav) Mechanic (6014)
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Levittown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 83
- VALENTINO J LASCOLA JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
- RONALD RAY SAGERSStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM THEISStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- GEORGE FRANCIS BARRY JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 23, 1970
From Levittown
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM THOMASSpecialist Four · January 10, 1966
- ALAN ROBERT SCHULTZLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- PATRICK ROBERT ROYPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- THEODORE K KALEIKINI JRSergeant · January 18, 1968
- DENNIS THOMAS CUNNANEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WALKER GUESTPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL BEZENSKISpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- STANLEY R STELLMACH JRSergeant · April 14, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
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.