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RANDALL ISAAC-JED ORTIZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1949 – August 20, 1969
Service recordRandall Isaac-Jed Ortiz, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 81
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 81
- JOSEPH JOHN PAPARELLOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- CLYDE EDWARD PHIFER JRPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- STEVEN MELVIN POEPetty Officer Third Class · August 20, 1969
- MAXIE DEAN REGISTERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.