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THOMAS BERRY CORBIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 20, 1945 – January 1, 1968
Service recordThomas Berry Corbin, of Cross City, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Cross City, Florida (Dixie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 12
- DAVID LEE CHANEYCorporal · January 1, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DENNISONCommander · January 1, 1968
- DAVID DONNELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- DAVID LEE FRENCHSpecialist Four · January 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE CHANEYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 12
- ROBERT LEWIS CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 13
From Cross City
- SAMUEL CALHOUN CHAVOUS JRChief Petty Officer · April 4, 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.