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JAMES EDWARD MCCORKEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1949 – October 22, 1968
Service recordJames Edward McCorkel, of Whistler, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 21
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Whistler, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 21
- BILLY KNIGHTStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES KORINEKPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE LESTERSpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1968
From Whistler
- LELAND FRANCIS DIXONCorporal · March 5, 1966
- ROY THOMAS WESTBROOKSpecialist Five · August 19, 1968
- DONALD LAMAR BLACKSTONCorporal · June 20, 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.