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MARCELO ORTIZ JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1947 – April 19, 1968
Service recordMarcelo Ortiz JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 52
- DENNIS EARL PAINTERFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- JAMES LLOYD PARSONSFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES PAYNE JRPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD STEVE PENNAMONSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.