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JOHN GEYER CORR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1944 – December 28, 1967
Service recordJohn Geyer Corr, of Wilton, Connecticut, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 85
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Wilton, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 85
- RONALD CHRIS BRESHEARSSergeant · December 28, 1967
- RICHARD W BROOKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1967
- RICHARD LEE CARLSONCorporal · December 28, 1967
- CARL EUGENE CHAMBERLAINLance Corporal · December 28, 1967
From Wilton
- SAMUEL DIGGES FREEMAN IIICaptain · January 7, 1967
- PETER WYETH JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1968
- STEPHEN TUCKER PERRYPrivate First Class · May 14, 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.