Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 63C – General Vehicle Repairman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 17-Jan-1940
Hometown: Mantua, New Jersey
Marital status: Married to Edith M. Forsman, one son
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 28-Apr-1965
Start of tour: 20-Aug-1966
Incident date: 2-Feb-1967
Date of casualty: 3-Feb-1967
Age at death: 27
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
James Eskel Forsman was passenger in military vehicle when the vehicle hit a hostile land mine on 2 Feb 1967.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident
SP4 Robert Volnie Bair
SP4 James Eskel Forsman
PFC Larry Earl Smith
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro, New Jersey, USA
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