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HARRY BURKLEY FORBES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 6, 1926 – June 29, 1966
Service recordHarry Burkley Forbes, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 108
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1926
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 108
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- DENNIS HARRY GINTERLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- FRANK GRAVESPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICKEY DON CASTLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 107
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE DEPRIESTSpecialist 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.