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DENNIS RAY FORNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1948 – June 20, 1969
Service recordDennis Ray Forney, of Duncan, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 96
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Duncan, Oklahoma (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 96
- DONALD LAMAR BLACKSTONCorporal · June 20, 1969
- JOHN DEMEYCaptain · June 20, 1969
- JOSEPH JAMES GOETZER JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
- ROBERT ROCHA GUERRACorporal · June 20, 1969
From Duncan
- JAMES ROBERT RUTLEDGEStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1966
- ROBERT EARL CRAYTHORNESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CECIL DELBERT BELT JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 18, 1968
- RALPH EDGAR MABRY JRSergeant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT VAN PACKCaptain · January 7, 1969
- PATRICK DALE ROBIRDSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- JIMMY DON WESTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN FROSTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- GERALD WINSTON BYRNS JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
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.