Having a Field Form Question with Both Forced Response and Specific Date Format

Hello all!
I have this problem where I want to do both things in one question to keep the survey uniform but the only solution I can see is separating the form question into two separate questions. I have 6 fields being filled in: First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Preferred Name, Age, and DOB (Date of Birth). First Name and Last Name are forced response, Age is required to be a numeric value and DOB is required to be in a mm/dd/yyyy format.

The issue is that I want DOB to be forced as well, but I cannot force the full form field question since not all respondents have a middle or preferred name. Besides separating the Age and DOB fields into their own question, has anyone found a way to force a date to be answered AND in a specific format? And if not, which Qualtrics overlord do I pray to to make it a feature in Qualtrics?🙏
Thanks!
Royce Spilker