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JOHN LYNWOOD FORTNER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 7, 1949 – March 9, 1970
Service recordJohn Lynwood Fortner, of Miami, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 99
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 99
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN BRUECKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- LARRY WILLIAM COTTENFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE WESLEY ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 98
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- RICHARD ALLEN BRUECKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 100
- KEITH HAROLD REITZSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 101
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.