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DAVID FRANKLIN COSBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1941 – March 14, 1968
Service recordDavid Franklin Cosby, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín 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 44E, Line 45
- ANDREW DANIEL CHOWKAPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GEORGE JOSE COXStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE DOWNS JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- HARRY JOSEPH ELLIS IIISergeant · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD MARYFIELDSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 50
- EARL CHESTER MINARDSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 50
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.