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ROBERT ORTOGERO NATARTE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1936 – February 15, 1966
Service recordRobert Ortogero Natarte, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Delivery Man (7141)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 OBSERV BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 21, 1936
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 38
- DAVID LUTHER FISHERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- JIMMY GONZALESCorporal · February 15, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- OSCAR MAUTERERColonel · February 15, 1966
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.