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LOUIS ANTONIO COBARRUBIO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1948 – August 17, 1967
Service recordLouis Antonio Cobarrubio, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 5
- DAVID MICHAEL CALABRIALance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- STEVE DANIEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- RONALD FREEMAN CORNSStaff Sergeant · August 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 4
- STEVE DANIEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 5
- KEITH WARREN F LIVERMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 7
- WILLIAM PHILIP REESECorporal · Panel 25E, Line 8
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.