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NORMAND ALFRED CORBIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1948 – August 6, 1969
Service recordNormand Alfred Corbin served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 100
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 16, 1948
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 100
- SAMUEL BETZStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- JAMES CLEVELAND BINK JRPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- GARY MAXWELL CLEMENTSCaptain · August 6, 1969
- ALEXANDER A KAOPUIKI JRCorporal · August 6, 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.