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JOHN WESLEY COBB
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1946 – February 8, 1966
Service recordJohn Wesley Cobb, of Pomona, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 8, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 16
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- CLARENCE GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS TOLETTESecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
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.