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RICHARD JOSEPH FORTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – December 23, 1968
Service recordRichard Joseph Forte, of Newton, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Newton, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 68
- JACK HENRY CURRYPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- GARY LEE FAINSergeant · December 23, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT KENDRICK CHASESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 67
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · Panel 36W, Line 67
- DONALD WARREN SENTMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 70
- FRANCIS CRAIG SOLLERSPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 70
From Newton
- RUPERT SADLER CARVEN IIILance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT T STEINSIECK JRLance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK FLOOD JRSergeant · December 9, 1967
- FRANCIS XAVIER TURBERTSergeant · March 10, 1968
- JOHN BUTLER MURRAYCorporal · July 5, 1968
- FREDERICK J MCLAUGHLINSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- ARTHUR STROYMANPrivate · August 20, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 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.