World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Pedro Ortizuela
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Manila, Philippine Islands
Honored By
Richard E. Miller
THE FIRST SERVICE MEMBER OF ASIATIC-PACIFIC ISLAND EXTRACTION KILLED IN ACTION DURING WWII. SERVED AS A NAVY OFFICER'S COOK AND WAS LOST WHEN THE USS REUBEN JAMES DD-245 WAS TORPEDOED AND SANK IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ON OCTOBER 30, 1941.