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JEFFREY SCOTT FORRY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1950 – March 20, 1969
Service recordJeffrey Scott Forry, of Marion, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 88
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Marion, Ohio (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 88
- DOUGLAS GLYN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- BARRY LEE EICHELBERGERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- RICHARD LEE FIFFECorporal · March 20, 1969
From Marion
- BRUCE AUGUST NYSTROMCaptain · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN HENRY SCHULZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE WARNEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- PERRY VERNANDO SHROYERStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE SPICERCorporal · March 1, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE HICKMANChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1968
- JAMES CAUDILLLance Corporal · August 18, 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.