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JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1942 – December 28, 1967
Service recordJuan Ortiz-Rivera, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1967, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 88
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 52 SIG BN 2 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bac Lieu Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 88
- ARTURO MENDOZA LARAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- JERRY JACKSON MCDANIELPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- B L MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- GUILLERMO A RUIZ-BERNARDSpecialist Four · April 11, 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.