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JAMES EDWARD FORE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1949 – December 23, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Fore, of Spencerville, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 84
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Spencerville, Indiana (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 84
- DONALD ANTHONY SELKEY JRSpecialist Four · December 22, 1969
- JAMES LEE SWAIMSergeant First Class · December 22, 1969
- HARRY FRANKLIN ZALESNY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
- REYNALDO LEON BARRAGAN JRCorporal · December 23, 1969
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.