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JOE LUCIO ORTEGA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 25, 1950 – February 15, 1971
Service recordJoe Lucio Ortega JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 107
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 25, 1950
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 107
- MARVIN MAURICE LEONARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 15, 1971
- JULIAN ERNEST MARQUEZSpecialist Four · February 15, 1971
- LARRY FREEMAN OTTCorporal · February 15, 1971
- JOHN LYNN POWERSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1971
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.