| Birth: | Apr. 18, 1986 | | Death: | Sep. 26, 2005, Iraq | 
Pvt. Elijah M. Ortega of Oxnard, California was killed at age 19 due to a non-hostile gunshot wound at Camp Baharia, Iraq. He is the ninth U.S. service member from Ventura County to die in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. He died as a result of a non-hostile gunshot wound at Camp Baharia, Iraq at age 19.
Marines
2nd Combat Engineer Battalion
2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
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Riverside National Cemetery
Riverside
Riverside County
California, USA
Plot: Sec 56B Site 36 |
Created by: Elizabeth Reed
Record added: Apr 23, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 14052356 |
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