William Ortega, 23
Based in California
Navy, Seaman
Based:
Camp Pendleton
Supporting:
Operation Enduring Freedom
Died:
June 18, 2010
Helmand province,
Afghanistan
Ortega was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near him in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned as a hospital corpsman.
Two memories of William Ortega