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FORREST EARL CAIN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 15, 1945 – August 5, 1967
Service recordForrest Earl Cain, of Williamsfield, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 5, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 80
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Steelworker (SW)
- Born
- July 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Williamsfield, Illinois (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 80
- JAMES HAROLD CALLISStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1967
- LARRY TOM CHANDLERSergeant · August 5, 1967
- ROBERT VERNON DURBINCorporal · August 5, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
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.