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HUBBARD DON COBB
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1940 – January 14, 1968
Service recordHubbard Don Cobb, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 47
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 47
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ROGER LEE BATTPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- ANDREW COCALance Corporal · January 14, 1968
- EMILE COLEStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1968
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
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.