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DAVID ALLEN FORSYTHE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1949 – September 15, 1968
Service recordDavid Allen Forsythe, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 63
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 63
- DOUGLAS GENE FOSTERCorporal · September 15, 1968
- ROBERT L FOSTERSergeant · September 15, 1968
- WILLIAM AUSTIN FREYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- RICHARD GREEN JRSergeant · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DOUGLAS ARNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 61
- JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 62
- ROBERT HERALDPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 64
- JERRY LYNN POEPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 66
- ETHER ARNOLD TINKUMPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 67
- THOMAS MEAKIN WHELIHANSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 1
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.