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RALPH BERNARD ORTMANN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 9, 1949 – July 2, 1969
Service recordRalph Bernard Ortmann, of Germantown, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Germantown, Illinois (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 48
- JULIUS LEE PETERSONCorporal · July 2, 1969
- JAMES RONALD RAINWATERCorporal · July 2, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES RIZZOCorporal · July 2, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENNY HAROLD FERGUSONSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 44
- BOBBY LEE MCCOYSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 47
- JAMES RONALD RAINWATERCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 48
From Germantown
- MARLIN CHRIS EVERSGERDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- NORMAN LEE EVERSGERDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- HERBERT CYRIL LANGENHORSTCorporal · October 18, 1968
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.