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ERNEST E ORENDORFF JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 1945 – August 3, 1966
Service recordErnest E Orendorff JR, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 8, 1945
- Home of record
- West Chester, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 104
- ALVIN DALE HUTCHINGSPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- FRANK WILLIAM SELDENPetty Officer Third Class · August 3, 1966
- RAYMOND ANDREW SHEPARDCorporal · August 3, 1966
From West Chester
- GENE SMEDLEY MCMULLENSecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1966
- BLAINE A DEBOARD JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- LOUIS FULDA GUILLERMINMajor · April 30, 1968
- DWIGHT DAWSON JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- PAUL LEONARD COSGRIFFSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 10, 1971
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.