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FREDERICK C FORTE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – February 22, 1970
Service recordFrederick C Forte JR, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 44
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 44
- FRANK NUNEZ FIGUEROASpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN FROSTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- RONALD JOAQUINE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM JANISHCorporal · February 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW JOSEPH DUSZYNSKICorporal · Panel 13W, Line 43
- THOMAS ARTHUR PALLADINOCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 47
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
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.