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IVAN ALLEN ORT JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1948 – January 3, 1968
Service recordIvan Allen Ort JR, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 30
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 30
- WESLEY JUNIOR MCKINNEYLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS DUCKETT OCONNORSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JOHN HENRY PATTONLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.