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JAY EDWARD FORSBERG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – July 2, 1967
Service recordJay Edward Forsberg, of Williamston, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Williamston, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 101
- STERLING KITCHENER COATESCaptain · July 2, 1967
- MICHAEL ROBERT DOTSONPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1967
- PAUL GLENN FORBES JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROGER HUNTER FRIESNERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
From Williamston
- BERNARD JAMES MEIRNDORFPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- WALTER O ESTESLieutenant Commander · November 19, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD CONSAVAGEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- JOHN LAWRENCE HASFORD JRStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PENDELLCorporal · December 15, 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.