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ULISES ORTIZ-COLON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – October 29, 1966
Service recordUlises Ortiz-Colon, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 127
- TIMOTHY JAMES MEEKERCorporal · October 29, 1966
- RICHARD FRANK MUSTOPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- DANIEL BENSON NOLFFPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- DENNIS GALE OLSONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ELISH POLKINGHORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 128
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ-TAPIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.