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MICHAEL HARRY CORWIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – May 17, 1970
Service recordMichael Harry Corwin, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 56
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Deerfield Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 56
- MICHAEL LEE BLOOMFIELDCorporal · May 17, 1970
- PAUL ROGER BROWDERSpecialist Four · May 17, 1970
- WILLIAM WALTER COLYERSpecialist Four · May 17, 1970
- JERRY ARNOLD EATONSergeant · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMMIE EDWARD ALEXANDERSergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 55
- PHILLIP FRED ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 55
- PAUL ROGER BROWDERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 56
- DAVID WALTER SMITHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 57
- ROY ANDREW PETTY JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 58
- GEORGE CLIFTON SCHULTZ JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 58
From Deerfield Beach
- JOSEPH HUDSON JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM GASKINLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- WALTER LEE BECKWITH JRSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- JOSEPH PATRICK LUTZSpecialist Four · June 20, 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.