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JOHN THOMAS CORLEY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 7, 1945 – September 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Corley JR, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 2
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 2
- TERRY CHARLES CORSONSergeant · September 8, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- RUSSELL NORMAN FERDIGCorporal · September 8, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BLAIR CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 1
- RUSSELL NORMAN FERDIGCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 2
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 2
- DAN VICTOR LINDHOLMSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 4
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.