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JOEL CORONA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 21, 1949 – November 8, 1970
Service recordJoel Corona, of Pharr, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Pharr, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6W, Line 45
- RONALD LOUIS CLELANDSergeant · November 8, 1970
- DARRELL LEE COLFORDSergeant · November 8, 1970
- CARROLL DEAN FISHERCorporal · November 8, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HERMINIO GENOVA CENTENOSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 44
From Pharr
- VICENTE QUINTAN RODRIGUEZSergeant · May 12, 1966
- JOE ROBERT DEBAULTStaff Sergeant · June 15, 1967
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.