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WILLIAM JENNINGS CORBIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1948 – May 19, 1967
Service recordWilliam Jennings Corbin, of Joppa, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 41
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Joppa, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 41
- GEDIMINAS JUST EIDUKAITISWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- JAMES WILBUR ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS HOWARD FAIRFIELDLance Corporal · May 19, 1967
From Joppa
- JOSEPH MICHAEL VANDANIKERLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
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.