Gary Henry Fors

Vietnam War
UnitMarine Attack Squadron 122
RankMajor U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromPuyallup Washington
Date of DeathDecember 22 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Major Fors was a member of the Marine Attack Squadron 122, Marine Air Group 11, 1st Marine Air Wing. On December 22, 1967, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4B) over northern Saravane Province, Laos, when his aircraft was hit by enemy fire and he parachuted to the ground. He was declared missing. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.