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FORREST MONTGOMERY STAFFORD
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
May 2, 1936 – May 14, 1967
Service recordForrest Montgomery Stafford, of Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 19E · Line 122
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 First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 2, 1936
- Home of record
- Sneads Ferry, North Carolina (Onslow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 122
- PAT ELLIS PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
- GARY EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- CRAWFORD SNOWCorporal · May 14, 1967
- RAFAEL VALENTINMaster Sergeant · May 14, 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.