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FRANCIS GERALD CORCORAN JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1928 – December 9, 1967
Service recordFrancis Gerald Corcoran JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1967, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Born
- November 5, 1928
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Added to the Wall
- 2015
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 41
- WILLIE RICHARD CAULTONLance Corporal · January 26, 1968
- LYLE WAYNE MORRISPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- MAXIE LANE PRICESergeant · January 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- PETER LENHART SILLERSecond Lieutenant · January 26, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2015, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.