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LOUIE OCHOA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1944 – October 18, 1967
Service recordLouie Ochoa, of Hanford, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 37
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Hanford, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 37
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- MATTHEW OWEN MCKNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1967
- HOWARD OGDEN JRLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- DONALD TED SLUDERCorporal · October 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH OTIS BOOKERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 33
- NATHAN JOHNSON JRCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 34
From Hanford
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · March 13, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MANUEL BARRERAStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- GAYLORD LEE WESTBAYWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT R THOMPSONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · May 10, 1968
- WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERSCorporal · November 27, 1968
- PATRICK ANTHONY WHITTENPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
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.