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RONALD DAVID COBB
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1947 – April 29, 1968
Service recordRonald David Cobb, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 47
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- November 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 47
- THOMAS STANLEY COOKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- LARRY ODELL COPELANDStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- RONAL EDWARD CRITZERPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
From Poplar Bluff
- DALE FRANCIS HUDSONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- FAMOUS LEE LANEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL RICHARDSONCorporal · July 4, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD JERRY MULLERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- RILEY DAVID RAULSTONLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- GARCLEE M FREDWELLSpecialist Four · August 29, 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.