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DAVID JAMES CORCORAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1951 – June 25, 1969
Service recordDavid James Corcoran, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Grand Forks, North Dakota (Grand Forks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 11
- DELBERT ELLIS WEBERPetty Officer First Class · June 24, 1969
- DEAN CHARLES WILSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES ASBURYSergeant · June 25, 1969
- JAMES RAYMOND BRIGGSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL EMIL JANOWSKY JRSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 13
From Grand Forks
- ROBERT EDWIN SWANSONPrivate First Class · October 26, 1965
- MARTIN WILLIAM STEENMajor · May 31, 1966
- CLIFTON EMMET CUSHMANMajor · September 25, 1966
- EUGENE LOUIS LAVOY JRPrivate · March 3, 1967
- GARY WAYNE LINDSAYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDTPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM TOD POTTERCaptain · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK TRISKESergeant · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 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.