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ANDREW PHILLIP CORBIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1948 – April 25, 1968
Service recordAndrew Phillip Corbin, of Ft Dix, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Dix, New Jersey (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 4
- GREGORY JOHN CROSSMANMajor · April 25, 1968
- PAUL LESLIE DENNISLance Corporal · April 25, 1968
- LINDEN DALE EILER JRCorporal · April 25, 1968
- ERVIN JAMES HOYTWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DAVID NODDINPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 9
From Ft Dix
- BENJAMIN F LEWIS JRStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1969
- DIETER KUNO FREITAGSergeant · May 10, 1972
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.