Definition of "lance corporal" [lance• cor•por•al]

• A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Marine Corps that is above private first class and below corporal. (noun)
• One who holds this rank. (noun)

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• "A researcher used the Freedom of Information Act to access Marine records and determined that, indeed, a Chuck McKenzie, a former lance corporal from Modoc, Oregon, had served for thirteen months in Vietnam in 1966 and achieved an officially credited ninety-six kills."