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JERRY FOREHAND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1945 – June 15, 1967
Service recordJerry Forehand, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 105
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 105
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- RANDY JACK GLENNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.