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VICTOR M ORNELAS-ARELLANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1946 – October 3, 1968
Service recordVictor M Ornelas-Arellano, of Escondido, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Escondido, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 72
- JOE JUNIOR HIBBLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- CALVIN MOORE PERKINSSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- DAVID B PERREAULTSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- JERRY LEE PIERCE JRSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEE MCLAUGHLINCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 68
- ROBERT WAKE MILESSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 70
- DONALD LEE MONTGOMERYSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 70
- CALVIN MOORE PERKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 72
From Escondido
- OSCAR CRUZPrivate · July 24, 1966
- JAMES FRANK MCELYEAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ULLMER JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- THOMAS FREDERICK DURBINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM MARTINSergeant · September 26, 1967
- JOHN PAUL MARKEN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZCorporal · January 20, 1969
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.