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DOMINIC ANTHONY CORONA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1946 – July 29, 1966
Service recordDominic Anthony Corona, of Fontana, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 86
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Fontana, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 86
- MICHAEL FRANK COOKPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROBERT JOSEPH DITOMMASOLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- GALE HERBERT FELVERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1966
- ROBERT OLIVER GARANTCorporal · July 29, 1966
From Fontana
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GARY RICHARD DANSERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1967
- JOSEPH PENN MAREKPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JOHN ARLINGTON RODGERSSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR LANESpecialist Five · June 16, 1968
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · August 3, 1968
- CALVIN LEWISCorporal · January 6, 1969
- PARIS WILLIAM MONTANEZPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN BURNSCorporal · February 28, 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.