Corporal Eriverto Ortiz Obituary (1923

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has announced that U.S. Army Corporal Eriverto Ortiz, age 27, of Batesville, TX, who was killed during the Korean War, was accounted for on August 10, 2023. After 73 years of MIA status, Cpl. Ortiz will finally be laid to rest. Cpl. Ortiz was born on July 29, 1923, and raised in Batesville, TX, a small farming community. His family owned the general store, and he worked there alongside his father, after school and in the summers, before joining the United States Army in May, 1948. For his bravery and service, Cpl. Ortiz was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Service Stars, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. Cpl. Ortiz's name is recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl, along with others who remain missing from the Korean War. A rosette will be placed next to his name to signify that he has been accounted for. Cpl. Ortiz's parents, Domingo and Ventura Ortiz; as well as his four siblings, Rita Ruiz, Elvira Hernandez, Angelita Herrera, and Linda Ortiz, have already passed. He is survived by his nieces and nephews, Ramona Hernandez (Chicago, IL), Elojio Hernandez (San Antonia area, TX), Isidra Lomas (Edcouch, TX), Gloria (Braulio H.) Valle (Elgin, IL), Maria Diana Aquilera (Cotulla, TX), and Raul Hernandez (Crystal City, TX); and many great- and great-great-nieces and nephews. Visitation will be 3:00pm to 8:00pm, Sunday, October 27, 2024, and 11:00am to 12:00pm, Monday, October 28, 2024, at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home, 305 Park Street, Elgin, IL 60120. Mass will be at 12:30pm, Monday, October 28, 2024 at St. Mary Church of Elgin, 400 Fulton Street, Elgin, IL 60120. Fr. Robert Camacho will be officiating. Interment with full military honors will follow at Bluff City Cemetery, 945 Bluff City Boulevard, Elgin, IL 60120. Final arrangements entrusted to Symonds-Madison Funeral Home. For more information, call 847-741-1128.