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PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTI
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 30, 1946 – November 23, 1968
Service recordPaul Rosario Loforti, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · 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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 44
- MICHAEL NELSON LOITZFirst Lieutenant · November 23, 1968
- JUAN A MARTINEZ-QUILES JRPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · November 23, 1968
- RONALD YATES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BURRISS CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 41
- DONALD FREDERICK CORNELLSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 41
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH SCALISESergeant First Class · December 21, 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.