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THOMAS J ONTIVEROS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1946 – September 28, 1966
Service recordThomas J Ontiveros, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 27
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- LONNIE DAVID SPROUSESergeant · September 28, 1966
- DANNY GENE TAYLORStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD ONEILLSecond Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 26
- RALPH GARY TILLPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 28
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- ALFRED ROBERT SAPINOSASpecialist Four · March 18, 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.