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JAMES RICHARD FORTENBERRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 12, 1946 – September 24, 1970
Service recordJames Richard Fortenberry, of Friona, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 86
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Procurement Sergeant (76N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Friona, Texas (Parmer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1970. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 86
- ROBERT CHARLES RIVEIRASergeant · September 23, 1970
- RAYMOND DALE WOODSONLance Corporal · September 23, 1970
- FRED FRENCHSpecialist Four · September 24, 1970
- WILLIAM JOHN FROSSARDCorporal · September 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN FROSSARDCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 86
From Friona
- HERIBERTO BLANCOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- FREDDY THOMAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · January 3, 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.