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ALBERT ELMORE COOK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 24, 1938 – June 2, 1968
Service recordAlbert Elmore Cook, of Monmouth, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 2, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 11
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Monmouth, Illinois (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 11
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN COLEMANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- JOHN DIVINE CREWS JRSergeant · June 2, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DILLONLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
From Monmouth
- WILLIAM JOHN MOOREStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- LARRY DEAN TAYLORLance Corporal · August 30, 1966
- BENJAMIN FRANCIS ALMAGUERPrivate First Class · March 10, 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.