James was the son of Gina C. Cobb of Depew New York and he enlisted in the US Army In Buffalo New York. Sgt Cobb arrived in Vietnam for duty on August 31, 1970 where he was assigned to and served with Troop B, 2d Squadron, 17th Calvary, 101st Division, USARV.
On February 15, Sgt Cobb was the crew chief onboard a UH-1 aircraft during inclement weather when it was making an approach for a night landing at the Phu Bai airfield in Thua Tien Province when it crashed killing all onboard.
Casualties:
Richard N. Concannon,
WO1 Joseph S. Burke,
SGT James P. Cobb,
SP4 Zebulon M. Johnson Jr.
1LT James L. Smith
SGT Gabriel Trujillo
Sgt. Steven G. England
On February 15, Sgt Cobb was the crew chief onboard a UH-1 aircraft during inclement weather when it was making an approach for a night landing at the Phu Bai airfield in Thua Tien Province when it crashed killing all onboard.
Casualties:
Richard N. Concannon,
WO1 Joseph S. Burke,
SGT James P. Cobb,
SP4 Zebulon M. Johnson Jr.
1LT James L. Smith
SGT Gabriel Trujillo
Sgt. Steven G. England
James was the son of Gina C. Cobb of Depew New York and he enlisted in the US Army In Buffalo New York. Sgt Cobb arrived in Vietnam for duty on August 31, 1970 where he was assigned to and served with Troop B, 2d Squadron, 17th Calvary, 101st Division, USARV.
On February 15, Sgt Cobb was the crew chief onboard a UH-1 aircraft during inclement weather when it was making an approach for a night landing at the Phu Bai airfield in Thua Tien Province when it crashed killing all onboard.
Casualties:
Richard N. Concannon,
WO1 Joseph S. Burke,
SGT James P. Cobb,
SP4 Zebulon M. Johnson Jr.
1LT James L. Smith
SGT Gabriel Trujillo
Sgt. Steven G. England
On February 15, Sgt Cobb was the crew chief onboard a UH-1 aircraft during inclement weather when it was making an approach for a night landing at the Phu Bai airfield in Thua Tien Province when it crashed killing all onboard.
Casualties:
Richard N. Concannon,
WO1 Joseph S. Burke,
SGT James P. Cobb,
SP4 Zebulon M. Johnson Jr.
1LT James L. Smith
SGT Gabriel Trujillo
Sgt. Steven G. England
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