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THERON WALLACE COBB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1945 – November 24, 1968
Service recordTheron Wallace Cobb, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1968, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 48
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio And Communications Security Repairer (35E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 48
- CLARENCE TURPINSergeant First Class · November 23, 1968
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- CARL J WINTERCaptain · November 23, 1968
- LARRY LEE BATESSergeant · November 24, 1968
- LARRY MARTIN CARROLLSergeant · November 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSE JUAN ORTIZ-NEGRONPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 51
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 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.