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HOBART WILSON MCCOMAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1944 – June 19, 1967
Service recordHobart Wilson McComas JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 16
- DONALD DURWOOD MORRISPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- BOBBY LOUIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- DANIEL THOMAS NUTLYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND WILLARD GODWINSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHAEFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 14
- STEVEN RICHARD MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 15
- DONALD DURWOOD MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 17
- KAZIMIERZ HENRYK SLOMIANYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 20
- RONALD GALE TROGDONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 22
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.