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JOHN JAMES CORWIN II
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1948 – April 17, 1969
Service recordJohn James Corwin II, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 98
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Crawfordsville, Indiana (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 98
- THOMAS WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT LEE BITTINGER JRCorporal · April 17, 1969
- ROY EVERETT BRIGHTSergeant · April 17, 1969
- KENNETH R BULLSergeant · April 17, 1969
From Crawfordsville
- RICHARD E LYNCHPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- DELBERT WAYNE HAASELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- LEONARD ALLEN STALNAKERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- LLOYD EUGENE TRIBBETTPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 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.