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JESUS F ORTEGA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1946 – July 14, 1968
Service recordJesus F Ortega JR, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 30
- RICHARD ALLEN MCGEATHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT MCWHIRTERSpecialist Four · July 14, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY OTTFireman · July 14, 1968
- DONALD R PHILLIS JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.