Orison, Louis James, SSG

Fallen

TWS Ribbon Bar

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Final Rank
Staff Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Armor

Last MOS
11E40-Armor Crewman

Last MOS Group
Armor

Primary Unit
1967-1968, 11E40, C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry

Service Years
1960 - 1968

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Order of the Spur

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Pennsylvania

Year of Birth
1940

This Military Service Page was created/owned by PFC Jackson Hedrick, IV (Team Member, Vietnam Fallen Profiles) to remember Orison, Louis James, SSG.

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Casualty Info

Home Town Burgettstown, PA	Last Address Burgettstown, PA

Casualty Date Feb 06, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Hau Nghia (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Fairview Cemetery - Burgettstown, Pennsylvania	Wall/Plot Coordinates 37E 065

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1968, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2022, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Photo Album (More...)

clip	PAcard	burgettstown mural	mall viet
Order of the Spur	Schofield Monument M...	Fiddler's Green	Open Letter to the T...
Fairview Cemetery	Newspaper Clipping	Headstone	Schofield Memorial
Newspaper Clipping N...

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments

25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)


	1967-1968, 11E40, C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry
	1967-1968, 11E40, 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1967-1968 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)
	1968-1968 Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)

Other News, Events and Photographs


	Mar 11, 2013, Other Photos

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

OP SARATOGA
VICINITY OF HOC MON, 17 KM NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAIGON 19680206
small arms fire

Comments/Citation:

Rob Pearce
Marine Sgt Nam 66' 67' VMO-6 MAG36
All gave some, some gave all. Remembering a fellow Pa Vet on the date of his loss. Rest In peace.
Feb 6, 2015