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JOSE MANUEL LLANTIN-ORTIZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 20, 1949 – January 31, 1970
Service recordJose Manuel Llantin-Ortiz, of San German, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 83
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1949
- Home of record
- San German, Puerto Rico (San German County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 83
- PAUL BARKLEY BOWMANCaptain · January 31, 1970
- JERRY DAVID DENNYCaptain · January 31, 1970
- PAUL FRANK DORONZOPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1970
- BLAINE WILBERT ENOS JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
From San German
- ARAMIS GONZALEZ-PEREZPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ALFREDO D GRANADO-AVILESCorporal · December 1, 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.