Son of Sylvester Attleman Fortin & Mary Frances Thurston Fortin.
Walter served as a Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He was on the British transport ship HMT Rohna as a passenger at the time of his death.
He resided in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on November 19, 1942 in Portland, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a foundry and also as Married.
Walter was declared "Missing In Action" when the HMT Rohna was sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 11122267
Son of Sylvester Attleman Fortin & Mary Frances Thurston Fortin.
Walter served as a Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He was on the British transport ship HMT Rohna as a passenger at the time of his death.
He resided in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on November 19, 1942 in Portland, Maine. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in a foundry and also as Married.
Walter was declared "Missing In Action" when the HMT Rohna was sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 11122267
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Entered the service from Maine.
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Corp Walter Ernest Fortin
1940 United States Federal Census
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Corp Walter Ernest Fortin
1930 United States Federal Census
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Corp Walter Ernest Fortin
Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922
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Corp Walter Ernest Fortin
Maine, U.S., Marriage Index, 1892-1996
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Corp Walter Ernest Fortin
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
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