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FORREST EDWARD WARD
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 27, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordForrest Edward Ward, of Troy, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 14
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 14
- ROBERT LEE SPROULGunnery Sergeant · June 13, 1968
- MILO HERSEY STRATTONSergeant · June 13, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- GARY LEON VANTOLCorporal · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 8
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 9
- RICHARD THOMAS HUGGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 10
- RAUL RAMOS-JIMENEZSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 11
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 12
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- GARY LEON VANTOLCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- RONALD ALTON WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 15
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.