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RICHARD MICHAEL FORTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 24, 1951 – April 27, 1970
Service recordRichard Michael Forte, of East Northport, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 24, 1951
- Home of record
- East Northport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1970; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In April 1970, 730 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 11W, Line 57
- MICHAEL DEAN BROWNCorporal · April 27, 1970
- GERALD WINSTON BYRNS JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
- ZETTIE J C DULINSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- CARL NELSON FISHER JRCaptain · April 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DEAN BROWNCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 57
- HAROLD GLENN GRISSOMSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 58
- LARRY JOSEPH LONCONSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 59
- GARY ANTHONY SANCEVERINOSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 61
- BLAINE PATRICK SMILIECorporal · Panel 11W, Line 61
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 62
From East Northport
- JOHN RAYMOND NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES HOFFMANCaptain · July 25, 1968
- EDWARD ALBERT FRYER JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY NOLTEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- JACK STEVEN GROUFSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
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.