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VIRGIL CARLYLE COMBS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – February 18, 1969
Service recordVirgil Carlyle Combs, of Dewey, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 53
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Dewey, Oklahoma (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 53
- RODNEY MAX CHAPMANLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1969
- JOHN PHILLIP COOKCorporal · February 18, 1969
- CLEVELAND E DYKESCorporal · February 18, 1969
- RALPH ELDON EBBSStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT IRWIN MEEKERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 55
From Dewey
- FLOYD EUGENE CLOSEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- VERLON DONALD KING JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- DONALD RAY O RAGSDALECorporal · April 1, 1970
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.