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JESUS OCHOA
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 12, 1947 – September 6, 1968
Service recordJesus Ochoa, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 6, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 55
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 55
- BARRY RUSSELL MOREEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- HERSHEL EUGENE MORROWPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- JEFFREY WOODROW NORVELLLance Corporal · September 6, 1968
- EDWIN ALLAN PENNSergeant · September 6, 1968
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.