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DOUGLAS P MCCORKLE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 9, 1950 – April 25, 1970
Service recordDouglas P McCorkle JR, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wheeled Tractor Operator (62L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 49
- JAMES THADDEUS CONWAYSpecialist Six · April 25, 1970
- WILLIAM FLOYD DACUSSpecialist Five · April 25, 1970
- JEFFREY BRUNS DODGESpecialist Five · April 25, 1970
- DAVID JOHN ELLEFSONLance Corporal · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FLOYD DACUSSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 49
- JEFFREY BRUNS DODGESpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 49
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
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.