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JOEL WAYNE FORRESTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1948 – May 19, 1969
Service recordJoel Wayne Forrester, of Florence, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Florence, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 53
- HAROLD CARL DAWSON JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER C DONAHUELance Corporal · May 19, 1969
- WILEY B EARLEYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1969
- DAVID PETER GAUCHELance Corporal · May 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE MONTGOMERY JRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 55
From Florence
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1965
- SAMUEL EARL COKERPrivate · November 14, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- JAMES LARRY EVANSFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1967
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.