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MARK LANE CORRIE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1948 – June 7, 1966
Service recordMark Lane Corrie, of Aptos, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Aptos, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 16
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- ROBERT LOYD EMERSONPrivate · June 7, 1966
- CHARLES STEPHEN FRANCOCaptain · June 7, 1966
From Aptos
- LARRY EUGENE SOMMERSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- ARTHUR FREDERICK GLEIM JRSpecialist Four · August 4, 1970
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.