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EARL RUSSELL COBB
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordEarl Russell Cobb, of Quincy, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 96
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Quincy, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 96
- FLOYD EUGENE CLOSEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS CORNELLLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED FREDERICK ALVARADOSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 94
- MICHAEL DAVID DECAMPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 97
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 97
- ED NATHAN LOUIS GRANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 100
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 111
- RICHARD A WORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 112
From Quincy
- ARCHIE EVERETT HICKSPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
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.