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RONALD CARL FORSBACH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1946 – June 26, 1966
Service recordRonald Carl Forsbach, of Waco, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- 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 June 26, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 97
- IVOR ECAROL BUNCHPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JAMES COLEMAN JRCorporal · June 26, 1966
- THOMAS EARL EDDYCaptain · June 26, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 96
- HAROLD GENE AYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 96
- LEWIS JAMES JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 98
- JACK DANIEL JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 98
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 98
- HARRY TRACY RICHARDSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 99
- LEDELL WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 99
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 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.