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TYLER WILLIAM COBB JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – January 9, 1968
Service recordTyler William Cobb JR, of La Puente, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 6
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JRPrivate · January 9, 1968
- BURLEY DEAN EZELLSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JACKY LEROY GARRETTStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH TODD BUTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 5
- HAROLD JAMES WESOLICK JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 12
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- JAMES WARREN LIEBESPECKStaff Sergeant · May 21, 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.