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AL DOUGLAS CORBO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1948 – October 13, 1968
Service recordAl Douglas Corbo, of Harrah, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 57
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Harrah, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 57
- BRYAN MICHAEL CHILCOTEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Four · October 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LENORD DRUSCHELPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JUAN CHAIRES DURAN JRPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
From Harrah
- JOHN OKEMAHSergeant First Class · April 13, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.