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JOHN JOSEPH ORSINI JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1950 – December 31, 1970
Service recordJohn Joseph Orsini JR, of Denver City, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 18
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Denver City, Texas (Yoakum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 18
- THURSTON CRAIG ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- WAYNE STERLING RUSHTONConstructionman · December 31, 1970
- ALFREDO SALAZARSergeant · December 31, 1970
- HENRY JAMES SIMSSergeant · December 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PETE ELLIS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 16
- STEVE L J LAVERTYCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 17
- FREDERICK R FRACIONECorporal · Panel 5W, Line 19
From Denver City
- KENNETH RAY RUCKERSergeant · May 27, 1968
- JIMMIE MACK TILGHMANCorporal · April 2, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE MOONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
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.