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LEWIS MICHAEL FORMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1950 – February 24, 1969
Service recordLewis Michael Forman, of Southfield, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Southfield, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 35
- STEPHEN DALE FACCHINIPrivate · February 24, 1969
- THOMAS ALFRED GARMANSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- HARLAN LESLIE HAHNSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYSCorporal · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CURTIS ALDERIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 31
- MORRIE CURTISS BARBERCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 32
- DANIEL FRANCIS CAHILLSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 33
From Southfield
- DON GAYNOR BOYDLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT DENNIS MILLAN JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES FRANCISSergeant · September 30, 1967
- DENNIS GREENWALDPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK WILLIAM MURPHYLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- JEFFREY WILLIS POHJOLACorporal · August 25, 1968
- GARY RICHARD BERGPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- GLENN ROSS URQUHART JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- EVERETT ROBERT MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCISPrivate First Class · March 9, 1970
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.