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MILFORD EUDENE COBB
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1935 – May 23, 1969
Service recordMilford Eudene Cobb, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 82
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 4, 1935
- Home of record
- Shawnee, Oklahoma (Pottawatomie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 82
- RONALD A BROWNSergeant · May 23, 1969
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- HOWE KING CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROY MATHESONSergeant · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LYN COLLIERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 83
From Shawnee
- WAYNE WARREN HUMPHRIESSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT LAWRENCEFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- PETER EARL POWELLSpecialist Five · April 11, 1968
- RONALD VINCENT HARBERTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- ROY EUGENE LYNNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
- GARY BRUCE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
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.