Telesfor Ortega
"Tito"
Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 831083
August 17, 1923
in Las Vegas, NM
Filiberto Ortega
Teresita (Archuleta) Ortega
Through grade 7, details unknown
Truck driver
May 3, 1943
at Santa Fe, NM
August 26, 1943
from Camp Elliott
June 17, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan
June 17, 1944
Killed in action
404 Tecolote Street, Las Vegas, NM – home of parents, Filiberto and Teresita Ortega
Service & Campaigns
Boot camp at MCRD San Diego; infantry training at Camp Elliott, California. Joined Baker Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton, California, on 26 August 1943.
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 745 (Rifleman)
Outfit: B/1/24th Marines
Rank: Private First Class
MOS: 653 (Squad / Team Leader)
Important Events:
June 17, 1944 – killed in action; cause and circumstances unknown. Casualty card states “found dead in field” on June 22.
June 22, 1944 – buried in Plot 3, Row 4, Grave 521, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery
Individual Decorations
Medal
Purple Heart
Campaign
Saipan (June 17, 1944)
Citation
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