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KEVIN PAUL FORCUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 19, 1950 – June 2, 1971
Service recordKevin Paul Forcum, of Everett, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1971, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 63
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 63
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
- EDWARD ALEC WERMANCaptain · June 1, 1971
- DANNY RAYMOND KINGSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
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.