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MELVIN GLENN CORMIER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1943 – May 13, 1966
Service recordMelvin Glenn Cormier, of Duson, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Duson, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 56
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- TOMMY RYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DALLAS CLYDE YOUNG JRSergeant · May 12, 1966
- DAVID LEROY BRUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1966
From Duson
- GERALD GENE BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · May 10, 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.