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CARL JAMES FORRESTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1941 – February 1, 1966
Service recordCarl James Forrester, of Mercer, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 128
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Mercer, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 128
- JACK WILSON CECILSpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- DONALD LEROY COATESStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JERRY RAY RAMBERGERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER PETER AUGUSTINASPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
- DILLARD REED BURNLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 128
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 129
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 130
- THOMAS EDWARD MCGRAWPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 130
- HIRAM DILLARD STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 131
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR WETMORESpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 131
From Mercer
- ALBERT KRISUNAS CHRISTYStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1966
- DAVID ELROY BAUNSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE MCNEISHPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- MERLE ROBERT HIGGINSSergeant · June 5, 1969
- MAURICE EDWIN GARRETT JRCaptain · October 22, 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.