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HARRY JULIAN BORT
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 22, 1945 – July 24, 1970
Service recordHarry Julian Bort, of Landover, Maryland, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 48
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 Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- June 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Landover, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 48
- ROBERT LOUIS BOLANMaster Sergeant · July 24, 1970
- BILLY BRUCE BULLCorporal · July 24, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1970
- STEVEN LEE FAWBUSHCorporal · July 24, 1970
From Landover
- THOMAS CALVIN LONG JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HUSKEYSpecialist Four · October 31, 1971
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.