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FOREST G HIGHLAND JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1949 – June 26, 1970
Service recordForest G Highland JR, of Massillon, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Massillon, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 95
- MICHAEL T GUZZETTI JRPrivate First Class · June 26, 1970
- EDGAR HARRISSergeant · June 26, 1970
- FREDERICK EDWARD HUGHENSHospitalman · June 26, 1970
- MELVIN LEWIS PULLENPrivate First Class · June 26, 1970
From Massillon
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COYNELance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH FUCHSLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NULPH JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SINNOCKSergeant · May 30, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
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.