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MICHAEL RICHARD FORCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – March 7, 1969
Service recordMichael Richard Forck, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 64
- GARY RICHARD GEORGESpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JAY BARRY GILPINSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- ORANGE GOODINGSergeant First Class · March 7, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN GOODWINSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 65
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 65
- LEE DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 70
- DAVID ROBERT MORGANSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 71
From Jefferson City
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 1969
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.