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ROBERT WALDRON FORBUSH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1948 – May 3, 1967
Service recordRobert Waldron Forbush JR, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 25
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- RICKY MARK GILBERTSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- AMADOR L GONZALEZSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- WILLIS RAY HEAVINSergeant · May 3, 1967
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.