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JOSE JUAN ORTIZ-NEGRON
Private · U.S. Army
October 4, 1948 – November 24, 1968
Service recordJose Juan Ortiz-Negron, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 51
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 51
- TIMMY LARRY MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS NALLEYCorporal · November 24, 1968
- THOMAS LAWRENCE PETERSONLance Corporal · November 24, 1968
- ISREAL DALLAS REEDSergeant First Class · November 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THERON WALLACE COBBSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 48
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
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.