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ALLAN JAMES KOROM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1946 – May 22, 1966
Service recordAllan James Korom, of Minot, North Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 102
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
- Field Artillery Radar Operator (0842)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS BTRY
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Minot, North Dakota (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 102
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- GERALD DONALD HOOVERSergeant · May 22, 1966
- DAVID MARVIN JOLLEY JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
From Minot
- THOMAS A WELKERStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- LEON LEROY LOCHTHOWEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- WARD GUNARD WALTERSergeant · November 29, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · February 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RICHARD ANTHONY VOLKLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- JOHN MORRIS JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- BRUCE LLOYD WOLDSergeant · April 21, 1970
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.