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ROBERT ORAL KORNS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 10, 1926 – October 2, 1966
Service recordRobert Oral Korns, of Coshocton, Ohio, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1966, in Thailand, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 10, 1926
- Home of record
- Coshocton, Ohio (Coshocton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 40
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 45
- JOHN HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE LEWISPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- JAMES GARRIS LITTSPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- PINK MILTON LYNCH JRSpecialist Five · October 4, 1966
- DANIEL PAUL MARLOWEStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1966
From Coshocton
- CHARLES KEITH WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
- CHESTER ANTON WRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 2, 1968
- MICHAEL SHANE CALEYCorporal · August 24, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE HESKETTSergeant · May 22, 1969
- DOUGLAS SCOTT KEMPFSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.