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BOBBY WAYNE CORZINE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – January 21, 1967
Service recordBobby Wayne Corzine, of Bonham, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 61
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Bonham, Texas (Fannin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 61
- JAMES HUEY DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MELVIN GILMORE DAVISSergeant Major · January 21, 1967
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS JOHN WANDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 65
From Bonham
- JERRY EDWARD BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- BILLY ROY BOWENLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- JERRY MORGAN WHITEPrivate First Class · December 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.