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WILLIAM ORTEGA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – October 11, 1969
Service recordWilliam Ortega JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 69
- DAVID LYLE NICHOLASPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- HERMAN JAMES OBYRNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- JEROME JAMES RICEMajor · October 11, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH WILLIAM RODENSergeant · October 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOMINGO YABBARA GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 66
- VICTOR LAWRENCE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 67
- ROBERT LOONEYSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 68
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.