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TERRY CHARLES CORSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1947 – September 8, 1968
Service recordTerry Charles Corson, of Skowhegan, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Atomic Demolition Employment Technician (1372)
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Skowhegan, Maine (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 2
- JOHN THOMAS CORLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- RUSSELL NORMAN FERDIGCorporal · September 8, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
From Skowhegan
- JOSEPH RALPH FOSSSpecialist Five · April 5, 1965
- CLYDE WILLIAM WITHEEPrivate · February 25, 1966
- DAVID RUSSELL BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- JOSEPH G L QUIRION JRCorporal · April 3, 1968
- ALLEN LEA WARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 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.