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GARRY MICHAEL FORKUM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1949 – December 22, 1968
Service recordGarry Michael Forkum, of Inglewood, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Inglewood, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 62
- DONALD IGNATIUS CULSHAWSpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- GARY WAYNE EVERETTPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- JAMES FERRELL FLETCHERHospitalman · December 22, 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.