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Fortin, Robert Gene
Army Warrant officer 1st class

Robert Gene Fortin, age 22, from Turton, South Dakota, Spink county.

Parents: Victor P. Fortin

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Doland High (1968)

Date of death: Monday, September 13, 1971
Death details: Killed in Vietnam by hostile gunfire while piloting a helicopter.

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)

Dennis, Dicky Henry
Navy Seaman 1st class

Dicky Henry Dennis, age 24, from Mellette, South Dakota, Spink county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart

Date of death: Friday, November 13, 1942
Cemetery: Memorialized in Black Hills National

Source: National Archives, grave marker

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