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DONALD STEVEN FOREST
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 20, 1944 – March 26, 1969
Service recordDonald Steven Forest, of Rochester, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 45
- JERRY DISHMANPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES FENTON JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE FIELDSCaptain · March 26, 1969
- JAMES RAYMOND GENTILEStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HENRY BENZESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 42
- EDDIE LEE HATLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 47
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 47
- THEODORE E HEINSELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 48
- CARLTON LEE MONROESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- TERRY DWIGHT MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 51
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 51
- JAMES LLOYD STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 53
- ROGER DUANE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.