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JACOB ORTIZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1941 – November 12, 1967
Service recordJacob Ortiz, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 80
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 80
- JOHN HENRY BARNESPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL CANDIANOSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- JOHN DAVID CAYCESeaman · November 12, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE COUCHSergeant · November 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GREGG MICHAEL GOSLINSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 82
- ELZIE SANDERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 85
- CHARLES A SPRINGERCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 86
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.