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FREDERICK JOHN FORTNER
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
May 15, 1943 – October 17, 1967
Service recordFrederick John Fortner, of Pomona, California, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on October 17, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 23
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
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Born
- May 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 17, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 23
- MICHAEL JAMES FARRELLSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- PAUL L FITZGERALD JRStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS TOLETTESecond Lieutenant · July 25, 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.