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AUBREY ELDON NOBLES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1932 – October 17, 1972
Service recordAubrey Eldon Nobles, of Navasota, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 83
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 22, 1932
- Home of record
- Navasota, Texas (Grimes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1972
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 83
- MICHAEL SARGENT BIXELLieutenant (junior grade) · October 24, 1972
- CLAYTON MITCH BLANKENSHIPPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1972
- DANIEL PARKS CHERRYAirman · October 24, 1972
- ROBERT ALLEN YANKOSKIAirman Apprentice · October 24, 1972
From Navasota
- RAYMOND STEPTOEPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
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.