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RONALD EDMOND FORGET
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1947 – June 8, 1968
Service recordRonald Edmond Forget, of Lowell, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Lowell, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 3
- PHILIP GEORGE COLONNASergeant · June 8, 1968
- JIMMY ONEAL CROFTPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- THOMAS ALLEN EDMONDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ODELL ASHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 1
- ARTURO SERNA RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 4
From Lowell
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · May 1, 1966
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- RUDOLPH H LEFEBVRE JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- PETER NICHOLAS SAMARASMajor · March 19, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS BIGELOWPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
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.