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J FORREST GEORGE TREMBLEY
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
May 28, 1942 – August 21, 1967
Service recordJ Forrest George Trembley, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on August 21, 1967, in China, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 26
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
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 196
- Born
- May 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 21, 1967
- Country
- China
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 196”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in China, outside South Vietnam.
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.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 26
- WILLIAM D SOULEStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1967
- FREDERICK HOWARD TIMSSergeant · August 21, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAIN VANDERLIN SCOTTLieutenant Commander · Panel 25E, Line 24
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.