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AUSTIN BRUCE COOK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1943 – July 17, 1967
Service recordAustin Bruce Cook, of Alameda, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 82
- GERALD RAYMOND BRINESPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
- JUAN VILLEGAS BUENDIAStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE HOGGESergeant · July 17, 1967
- BILLIE MIMBSPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD WILLIAM SILVIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 83
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- VENNIE LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- KENNETH GRANT STOKERPrivate · July 19, 1967
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.