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RAUL ORTA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1945 – February 1, 1967
Service recordRaul Orta, of Parlin, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 105
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
- Born
- March 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Parlin, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 105
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- WILLARD ARLIN PHILSONSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES PRAZINKOSergeant First Class · February 1, 1967
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
From Parlin
- WILLIAM B KIMBALL JRSecond Lieutenant · May 6, 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.