Ortega, Elijah Matthew
Marines Private

Elijah Matthew Ortega, age 19, from Oxnard, California, Ventura county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co, 2D Ceb, Rct-8, 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc

Date of death: Monday, September 26, 2005
Death details: died as result of a non-hostile gunshot wound at Camp Baharia, Iraq.

Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Military Times