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BOBBY LARRY CORNS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 10, 1941 – June 19, 1967
Service recordBobby Larry Corns, of Stuart, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 10
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Stuart, Virginia (Patrick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 10
- ROBERT JOSEPH CARASpecialist Five · June 19, 1967
- JACK EDWARD COSSINSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- ROBERT EARL CRAYTHORNESpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- RAYMOND D CROWDER JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.