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RAYMOND ORDONEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – June 29, 1968
Service recordRaymond Ordonez, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 18
- JOHN THOMAS OCONNORCorporal · June 29, 1968
- ROMMIE OLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- TIMOTHY SAMUEL OWENStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1968
- RICKY VAUGHN RILEYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILSON BOYD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 14
- RONALD LEWIS GRIFFINCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 16
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.