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JAMES THOMAS COBLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1948 – May 15, 1969
Service recordJames Thomas Coble, of Asheboro, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Asheboro, North Carolina (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 15
- EMMETT RUBEN BROWNLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERASPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- WALTER EMERSON DAVISSpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- DEWEY RUSSELL DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEWIS KOONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 17
- JOHN GEORGE MASINSKIPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ARTHUR RAY MCFARLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ANTHONY JOHN MINOTTISergeant · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ARTHUR JOSEPH MURRAY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 24W, Line 18
From Asheboro
- RONALD GALE TROGDONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS PARKERSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN FOX JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- BILLY LOUIS UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MICKEY WILLIAM HILLCorporal · March 21, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BULLA JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1970
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.