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WILLIS COBB
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1937 – October 8, 1970
Service recordWillis Cobb, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 119
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)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 12, 1937
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 119
- CLEMMIE BROWN JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1970
- DOUGLAS EVERETT BYRDSpecialist Four · October 8, 1970
- GUY WILSON HESTER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1970
- WILLIAM AUGUST OTTColonel · October 8, 1970
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.