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THOMAS LEROY FORBES
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1929 – September 12, 1967
Service recordThomas Leroy Forbes, of Rockmart, Georgia, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 59
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1929
- Home of record
- Rockmart, Georgia (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 59
- HOWARD ARTHUR CHAMBERLINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- GERALD AUGUSTINE CULHANEStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1967
- THOMAS EARL FRANCISCorporal · September 12, 1967
- CALVIN LEE MCDAVISPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EARL FRANCISCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 59
- CALVIN LEE MCDAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 59
From Rockmart
- ANTHONY ODELL STRINGERPetty Officer Third Class · March 1, 1968
- GROVER LYNN SUITCorporal · September 8, 1968
- JAMES RANDALL COPELANDCorporal · January 25, 1969
- CLARENCE EUGENE HARPER JRSpecialist Five · December 29, 1969
- HOMER VIRGIL LEEStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- GUY LAMAR MEARS JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- WAYNE LEE KENTPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
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.