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LOUIS JAMES ORISON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1940 – February 6, 1968
Service recordLouis James Orison, of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Burgettstown, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 65
- RICHARD CONAWAY OBRIENSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ROY TULANE OKEEFESergeant · February 6, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD PADUCHOWSKICorporal · February 6, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES PALMOPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BENJAMINCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 48
- WAYNE DOUGLAS BOYERCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 49
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 52
- RAYMOND EARL DUNLAPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 54
- MICHAEL ALLARD HODGEPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 54
- JOHN PAUL ESPARZA JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 55
- GREGORY JONESSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 59
- PAUL RICHARD PADUCHOWSKICorporal · Panel 37E, Line 65
- JOHN JAMES PETRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 66
- DONALD JOHN RUSSIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 68
- JERRY G SIMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 70
- LOUIS VINCENT SUPINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 70
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 73
From Burgettstown
- JOSEPH JAMES MELNYK JRPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CAMPOSSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD LEE WINDSHEIMERCorporal · July 30, 1969
- FLOYD STEPHEN GIEBELLSergeant · October 31, 1969
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.