Name:
Richard Christoper Ortiz
Rank:
Chief Warrant Officer
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
California
Cemetery:
Twentynine Palms Cemetery, California
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Richard Christopher Ortiz was born on January 31, 1946 in New York. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Chief Warrant Officer 3. Richard was killed in the terrorist bombing of the United States Marine barracks. In the early morning hours of 23 Oct. 1983, a truck loaded with explosives crashed through the security perimeter of the USMC Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. In the explosion that followed, 241 US Military personnel were killed and 80 serious wounded. He is now buried in the Twentynine Palms Cemetery, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, California, USA.