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JAIME ORTIZ-RODRIGUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – August 12, 1968
Service recordJaime Ortiz-Rodriguez, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 2
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fixed Plant Carrier Repairman (32E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 2
- JOHN AMBROSE MCCLUNGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- THOMAS E MORTICE IIISergeant · August 12, 1968
- RONALD LEE PANZERSergeant · August 12, 1968
- DENNIS ALTON PRICEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY LEE BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 50
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.