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RUSSELL PATRICK FORRISTAL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1948 – August 13, 1969
Service recordRussell Patrick Forristal, of Willoughby, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Willoughby, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 31
- MICHAEL JAMES HOLLOWAYPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- WAYDE MURRAY HUSOSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- CARL FRED KROHLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- DANA EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
From Willoughby
- JACK WILLIAM LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- DONACIANO GUTIERREZ LOPEZStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- TERRY WILLIAM JUDKINSPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN LUPASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES DEIKEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- THOMAS LEONARD SEIFERTSergeant · May 15, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS BELLCorporal · June 20, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE BIXELSergeant · December 15, 1968
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.