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RONALD JAMES CORBIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1948 – February 21, 1969
Service recordRonald James Corbin, of Long Beach, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 70
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 70
- HAROLD E CARTERSergeant First Class · February 21, 1969
- ROBERT DOUGLAS CHRISTIANSENLance Corporal · February 21, 1969
- HOWARD LEE CLACKPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- MICHAEL GARY DINKINSPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT HOOVER SWEAT JRCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 74
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.