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ROBERT HAL CORLEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 28, 1942 – March 19, 1966
Service recordRobert Hal Corley, of Stone Park, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Stone Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 22
- DANIEL GILBERT STANDS JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
- JAMES S WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1966
- MARK FERRELL JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
From Stone Park
- WILLIAM JOHN SCHULTZPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- RONNIE LEN RUSSELLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
- ROBERT NATHANIEL LATIMERPrivate First Class · June 8, 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.