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ALBERT COBB JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1944 – May 8, 1969
Service recordAlbert Cobb JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 22
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 22
- EDWIN RUSSELL DANEHARTLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
- ARTHUR MICHAEL DAYSpecialist Five · May 8, 1969
- FRANK ELOY GARLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- WILBUR LEON GREENStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES SIMSPrivate · Panel 25W, Line 25
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.