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MELECIO ORTIZ
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1944 – May 13, 1967
Service recordMelecio Ortiz, of Crystal City, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 111
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Crystal City, Texas (Zavala County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 111
- CHARLES KENT PURCELL IIPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- LARRY LEROY REISSIGPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES DEREK REYNOLDSLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE ROBINSONLieutenant Commander · May 13, 1967
From Crystal City
- JOSE CONTRERAS SALINASSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- BENITO ANDRADE PONCESpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- ARMANDO CERVERA LUNACorporal · May 4, 1970
- DAVID MONTOYAPrivate First Class · August 27, 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.