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EDWARD JOSEPH CORCORAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1946 – October 17, 1966
Service recordEdward Joseph Corcoran, of North Hills, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 81
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 25, 1946
- Home of record
- North Hills, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 81
- GARETH JOHN DEALSpecialist Five · October 17, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEBARBERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
From North Hills
- EMMETT RUBEN BROWNLance Corporal · May 15, 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.