Jeffery Scott Forry was born 27 February 1950. He was the son of Fred & Garnet (Jones) Forry of Marion, Ohio. Jeffery Forry was a 1968 graduate of Harding High School. At Harding Forry was involved in the Hi-Y’s, Prom Planning, Football, Cross Country and Track. Before entering service Jeffery worked at the Standard Oil Station on S. Main Street.
Jeffery S. Forry enlisted into the United States Marines on 6 June 1968. Forry enlisted because of his great respect for his older brother who was serving as a Marine. PFC Jeffery S. Forry was a machine gunner in D Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division.
PFC Forry would serve in Vietnam where he would be killed by small arms fire in the Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. Other acounts are that the helicopter that Forry and others were aboard was shot down by rocket fire as it made its approach for landing at his units location. Forry died as a result of that crash on 20 March 1969.
PFC Jeffery S. Forry is buried in the Marion Cemetery.
PFC Jeffery S. Forry is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park in Marion, Ohio;
on the west wall of the Marion County Courthouse; on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Marion County Admin building, at 222 West Center St. in Marion, Ohio; and on Panel 29W Line 088 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Washington, D. C.