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PAUL FREDERICK COBB
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1943 – May 16, 1968
Service recordPaul Frederick Cobb, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 7
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 7
- ZACK TAYLOR ADDINGTONLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CASEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 16, 1968
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD CHURCHPrivate · May 16, 1968
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
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.