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RICHARD FRANCIS CORCORAN
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1938 – June 7, 1968
Service recordRichard Francis Corcoran, of Clifton, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 20
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 21, 1938
- Home of record
- Clifton, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 20
- WYNNE LEONARD BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- JERRY NOLAN CHRISTMANPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- JOHN ASHER COMBSSergeant · June 7, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD CORES IISergeant · June 7, 1968
From Clifton
- ALFRED PINOLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · March 19, 1967
- BOHDAN KOWALSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY KRUGER JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN ZALEWSKIMaster Gunnery Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- LOUIS CANCIAN GROVESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BILENSKIStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT STEFANIAKPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- JAMES J STRANGEWAY JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- HOWARD ELMER VANVLIETLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
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.