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JAMES LARRY FORE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1949 – July 18, 1970
Service recordJames Larry Fore, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 28
- JAMES M DUNNAVANT JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 18, 1970
- JOHNNY LEE GODFREYStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1970
- WARREN G INGRAMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1970
- GREG KELLERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL THOMAS BAERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 27
- MICHAEL EDWARD BAUMPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 27
- JAMES M DUNNAVANT JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 28
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 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.