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JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1950 – April 26, 1969
Service recordJoseph Michael Cornelison, of Aurora, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Aurora, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 53
- JAMES R DORSEY JRStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
- JAMES BOYD EAST JRMajor · April 26, 1969
- GEORGE ELWOOD EATONStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
- FRANCISCO M GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOHN HANSENSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 54
- RICHARD LYNN TURLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 58
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 58
From Aurora
- JAMES DANIEL HAKES JRLance Corporal · May 15, 1966
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LEMONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID BARBERAirman · March 17, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 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.