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DAVID JOSEPH CORPUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1952 – May 9, 1970
Service recordDavid Joseph Corpus, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 4
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1952
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 4
- FRANKIE CARL VASSAURCorporal · May 8, 1970
- HARRY LUTHER BUCHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- BILL DUAYNE CARPENTERSergeant · May 9, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN HAROLD HAIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 5
- TERRY LYNN HENRYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 6
- JOHN DAVID MCCLUSKEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 8
- KRIS MITCHELL PERDOMOSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 8
From Glendale
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- JOE EDWARD KINSEYCorporal · December 29, 1967
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 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.