David Alan Forrest

Korean War
Service #AO-2223134
Unit428 FTR BOMB SQ 474 FTR BOMB GP
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathMarch 14 1953
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
First Lieutenant Forrest was awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
First Lieutenant Forrest was the pilot of a F-84E Thunderjet fighter with the 428th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 474th Fighter Bomber Group. On March 14, 1953, while on a combat mission and after completing a bomb run, his plane was last seen entering a cloud bank. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on March 15, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.