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JOHN ORTIZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1936 – January 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Ortiz, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 23, 1936
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 63
- CRAIG WILLIAM HANDLEYLance Corporal · January 17, 1968
- DOUGLAS GARY JENSENPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- JIMMIE JOE JETTSpecialist Four · January 17, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL MEDINALance Corporal · January 17, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.