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FRANCIS HENRY CORWIN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1947 – January 15, 1969
Service recordFrancis Henry Corwin JR, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 6
- STERLING EDWARD COXFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLEN CURRENCECaptain · January 15, 1969
- NICKEY WADE CUTRELLSergeant · January 15, 1969
- HAROLD THOMAS DABNEYSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STERLING EDWARD COXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 6
- WILLIAM ALLEN CURRENCECaptain · Panel 34W, Line 6
- GARFIELD M LANGHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 9
- JAMES BIRCH PETTEYSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 9
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 10
- NICHOLAS JOHN SWIDONOVICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 10
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 1968
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.