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AUSTIN MORRIS CORBIERE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1943 – May 9, 1966
Service recordAustin Morris Corbiere served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 42
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
- February 19, 1943
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1966; four 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 42
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DENNIS DALE KAISERCorporal · May 9, 1966
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.