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CALVIN EDWARD COOKE
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 2, 1949 – May 22, 1969
Service recordCalvin Edward Cooke, of Petersburg, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Virginia (Petersburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 74
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · May 22, 1969
- RALPH WILSON CONNERS JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- CLARENCE CREAGHEADSpecialist Four · May 22, 1969
- JOHN LEE CROYPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
From Petersburg
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JAMES AARON DICKENSSergeant · February 8, 1967
- THOMAS RALPH WELLSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · October 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE WARRENPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH BACH IIICaptain · April 20, 1969
- WILLIE HOOPER JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD ROYESergeant First Class · November 10, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PULLIAMStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZERCaptain · August 19, 1971
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.