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ROY WILLIAM COBB
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1942 – February 13, 1970
Service recordRoy William Cobb, of Avon Park, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Avon Park, Florida (Highlands County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 5
- THOMAS ELLIOTT COPPPetty Officer Third Class · February 13, 1970
- ROSS ERLE HARDTSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- RONALD LEE HAUGStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1970
- LAWRENCE WAYNE YOCHUMSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES E SMELTZER IIISergeant · Panel 13W, Line 6
From Avon Park
- ARCHIE SHERROD BOWENAirman Second Class · August 30, 1963
- EDWARD EUGENE CANNONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- CURTIS EDGAR COTHRANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE GREENSergeant · October 13, 1967
- WILLIE LEE KIRKLANDSergeant · May 18, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE BATTSCorporal · September 2, 1969
- LOWELL VERNON FERGUSON JRSergeant · April 24, 1971
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.