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BRUCE ALAN COBB
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1949 – March 25, 1968
Service recordBruce Alan Cobb, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 15
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
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Bradford, Pennsylvania (Mckean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 15
- GLENN FRANCIS CASHDOLLARStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- RONNIE JOE CHARLESStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- LLOYD ARTHUR COLFACKPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- EUGENE JEROME CURLESS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1968
From Bradford
- MICHAEL RAY CUNEENLance Corporal · April 5, 1966
- RONALD LEE HERBSTRITTPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JAMES VINCENT RALSTONSergeant · January 19, 1967
- JAMES KEITH OXLEYHospitalman · November 30, 1967
- LAWRENCE GARY GRASSISpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
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.