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JAMES ESKEL FORSMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 17, 1940 – February 3, 1967
Service recordJames Eskel Forsman, of Mantua, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 17, 1940
- Home of record
- Mantua, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 111
- TIMOTHY DALYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- RAYMOND CARL DAVISSpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- RAYMOND FRANK DEMORYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- ADAM FISCHERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
From Mantua
- STEPHEN BENJAMIN KIRSCHNERPrivate · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT KNELL GILLIESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 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.