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FORTINO JAMES APOLINAR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 27, 1947 – January 3, 1968
Service recordFortino James Apolinar, of Prescott, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 25
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- September 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Prescott, Arizona (Yavapai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 25
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · January 2, 1968
- HARRY ROBERT BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- CHARLES MARTIN BELLPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 1968
- JOHN M BRIMMSergeant · January 3, 1968
From Prescott
- ANTONIO GILBERTO YESCASSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- LARRY L HOBBSCorporal · March 11, 1967
- JOHN J ROBERTSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EVERETT MARTINSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1967
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY HOLLMENPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- JAMES SCOTT BROWNCorporal · May 10, 1968
- HENRY DUANE BANKSCaptain · July 14, 1968
- DAVID ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 5, 1968
- STEVEN WILLIAM DUNDASSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.