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WILLIAM GEORGE COREY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1944 – September 1, 1963
Service recordWilliam George Corey, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1963
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1963. In September 1963, 5 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 28
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- HOWARD PHILIP PURCELLCaptain · September 2, 1963
- JAMES FREDERICK HILTZStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1963
From Williamsport
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE GRINERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
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.