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GARY HENRY FORS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1941 – December 22, 1967
Service recordGary Henry Fors, of Puyallup, Washington, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on December 22, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 44
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 122 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- April 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Puyallup, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 22, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32E, Line 44
- JOHN F FULLERSpecialist Five · December 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- RODGER DALE HASTESpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MERLIN CHARLES HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
From Puyallup
- RICHARD ANDREW ALMMajor · February 1, 1966
- STEVEN MARTY SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- LANCE JOSEPH CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE PETERSENCorporal · October 18, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- MARK OWEN CHARETTESergeant · April 6, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
- RONALD FRANK HOPKINSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1970
- MARK ALLEN MATTERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
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.