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RONALD EDWARD FORSTER
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
July 26, 1946 – March 19, 1969
Service recordRonald Edward Forster, of North Fork, California, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 19, 1969, in Thailand, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- North Fork, California (Madera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 86
- DANIEL GUY WESSLERPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD WHEELERCorporal · March 19, 1969
- PAUL WILSONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- MAX IRWIN BAERLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- RONALD KENNETH BATTLECorporal · March 20, 1969
From North Fork
- JOHN HENSLEYCorporal · June 2, 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.