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DANNY JOSEPH CORRIGAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – August 20, 1967
Service recordDanny Joseph Corrigan, of Lansing, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 19
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Lansing, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 19
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- RUDOLPH MELENDEZPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
From Lansing
- RONALD LEE BEUSTERCorporal · February 4, 1966
- RICHARD GLEN SCHROEDERPetty Officer Third Class · July 14, 1966
- CHARLES LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- ALBERT C BROSEWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN FEDEROWSKICorporal · May 24, 1968
- GENE LEWIS WHITESergeant · April 3, 1969
- ANDREW ROBERT SABOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- DONALD GENE DISSELKOENCorporal · June 5, 1969
- THEODORE ALLEN TROCKSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
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.