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ROBERT WILSON ORTIZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1952 – September 2, 1970
Service recordRobert Wilson Ortiz, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 20, 1952
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 34
- EDWARD CY MORROWCorporal · September 1, 1970
- ROBERT LEE JAMESLance Corporal · September 2, 1970
- MARION DOMINIC LAROSACorporal · September 2, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL PAPEAirman First Class · September 2, 1970
From Paterson
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.