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Pfc Victor P. Corsini was employed at Great Lakes Spring Company.

On 3 March 2011, The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced his remains were identified

On 10 December 1944, Corsini´s unit, the 414th Infantry Regiment, was driving east along the Roer River when an intense battle erupted near the town of Pier, Germany. Corsini was killed the next day when an enemy artillery shell burst in the treetops above him. The ongoing German counterattack prevented his remains from being recovered. Following WWII, the Army Grave Registration Service conducted investigations and searches for the remains of US servicemen lost throughout Europe. In 1951, after several extensive searches of the area, concluded his remains were unrecoverable.

In May 2010, a German power company excavating near Pier, Germany, uncovered human remains and US military equipment including a military identification tag bearing Corsini´s name. The German War Graves Commission facilitated the transfer of the remains to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC used dental comparisons in the identification of Corsini´s remains.

Pfc Corsini was buried at Palm Memorial Park in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada.