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RICARDO JOSEPH ORTEGON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1950 – March 6, 1969
Service recordRicardo Joseph Ortegon, of Fremont, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 58
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 58
- GERALD LYNN JAMESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- MICHAEL PAUL MALUEGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTERFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- JOHN TERENCE MCDONNELLMajor · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALEXANDER BECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 51
- CARL DENNIS CAINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 52
- JOHN ALBERT GRABBESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 54
- LOWELL ROGER GROVESPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 54
- WILLIAM EDMOND LEE HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 55
- ROBERT JACKSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 55
- JERRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 56
- DAVID GLEN LOVITTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 57
- CLINTON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 61
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 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.