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COBBIE JAMES BENTLEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1948 – September 16, 1967
Service recordCobbie James Bentley, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 78
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 78
- JAMES MARTIN COLITO JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 16, 1967
- ROBERT LEE GABLEPrivate First Class · September 16, 1967
- LAIFELT GRIERPrivate · September 16, 1967
- FREDERICK HIRSCHMANN IIIPrivate First Class · September 16, 1967
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.