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JOHN DANIEL FORSHEY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 30, 1947 – March 3, 1967
Service recordJohn Daniel Forshey, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 9
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- January 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 9
- MICHEAL JOHN DRAKEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- MICHAEL LEO EBALDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS FREEDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.