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MONTE WAYNE FORREST
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 6, 1948 – August 5, 1970
Service recordMonte Wayne Forrest, of Argonia, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 85
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Argonia, Kansas (Sumner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 85
- WILLIAM ANDERSON CRAIGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- STEVEN THOMAS GRIGGSPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- MARK STEVEN HAILEYSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- RONALD WARD HERDSergeant · August 5, 1970
- TERRY JOHN PAYNESergeant · August 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RAMIRO DENNAPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 84
- ROBERT VELASQUEZCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 87
From Argonia
- ALBERT FRANK AMMANNFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 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.