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ROBERT GENE FORTIN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 20, 1949 – September 13, 1971
Service recordRobert Gene Fortin, of Turton, South Dakota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 15
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 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Turton, South Dakota (Spink County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 15
- WALTER CORNEL HARRISON JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1971
- ANTHONY LEE RYCKAERTSpecialist Four · September 12, 1971
- CHARLES DOMINIC CASERIOSergeant · September 13, 1971
- GEORGE RAY MORRISONFirst Sergeant · September 13, 1971
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.