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LAWRENCE ORTIZ JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 26, 1948 – December 19, 1968
Service recordLawrence Ortiz JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 45
- BEN HERVEY IDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 19, 1968
- ALTON DELANEY KELLOGGSergeant · December 19, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY KOCAKFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MAXWELLCorporal · December 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ALLEN BENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 43
- DONNIE LEON WORTHEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 47
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.