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WALLACE THOMAS CORBITT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 21, 1949 – January 27, 1969
Service recordWallace Thomas Corbitt, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 91
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- November 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 34W, Line 91
- JAMES SANDFORD BURNETT JRSergeant · January 27, 1969
- ROBERT MERRILL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · January 27, 1969
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.