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RAMON FELIX ORTEGA JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – January 25, 1969
Service recordRamon Felix Ortega JR, of Tucumcari, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 79
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Tucumcari, New Mexico (Quay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 79
- ULYSSES GRANT QUEENER JRStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- DAVID WALTER RIEMERLance Corporal · January 25, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK RIGGINSSergeant · January 25, 1969
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERALD GLENN DEWVEALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 75
From Tucumcari
- ANDREW JOSE PACHECOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- FRANCISCO M GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- SAM EGGERTCorporal · May 10, 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.