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EDWARD WALTER CORCORAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1950 – April 23, 1971
Service recordEdward Walter Corcoran, of Sunnyside, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Sunnyside, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 4
- WILLIAM EDWARD COLLUMCaptain · April 23, 1971
- JAMES RONALD FIRKUSFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1971
- NORMAN CHARLES FISCHERSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
- FIDENCIO FLORES JRSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN CHARLES FISCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 4
- DALE EDWARD SORENSENCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 5
- PATRICK WAYNE TERRYCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 5
- GEORGE HARDY WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 5
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.