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EARL WILLIAM COBBLEY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1948 – June 4, 1968
Service recordEarl William Cobbley JR, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 8
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 8
- RAYMOND ARTHUR BORDUASPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- TADEUSZ JAN BOROWSKICorporal · June 4, 1968
- ERIC PARKER BRICELieutenant · June 4, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN DABREUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.