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GERALD EDWARD KORSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1946 – June 14, 1968
Service recordGerald Edward Korson, of Greenville, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 19
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenville, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 19
- JASPER ELLISON JRPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- STUART OTIS KIEFERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM LINKPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- HAROLD SPENCER LOCKWOODPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
From Greenville
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- WADE LAWRENCE GROTHStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1968
- GERALD STUART WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- DENNIS LEE GILESSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN ALLENSergeant · February 22, 1969
- DANIEL LESLIE FRIESCorporal · October 19, 1970
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.