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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jose Hector Ortiz.

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JOSE HECTOR ORTIZ

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

September 8, 1946 – April 29, 1970

Service record

Jose Hector Ortiz, of Rolling Hills, Puerto Rico, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 29, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 11W · Line 69

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
September 8, 1946
Home of record
Rolling Hills, Puerto Rico (Carolina County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 29, 1970
Age
23
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 11W, Line 69

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.