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JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1936 – November 30, 1967
Service recordJose Luis Miranda-Ortiz, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 14
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Expert Linguist (04C)
- Born
- January 28, 1936
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 14
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCELYNNLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- KENNETH DALE MCKEEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DEWEY MOORE JRMajor · November 30, 1967
- PHILLIP ARTHUR OGASSpecialist Five · November 30, 1967
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 ALVAREZ-TAPIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
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.