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CHARLES COOK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1943 – July 9, 1968
Service recordCharles Cook JR, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 15, 1943
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 4
- SAM STEPHEN ALLISONSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- R G CAUTHRONCorporal · July 9, 1968
- ANGEL MANUEL CRUZ-VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- DANIEL LEE DAWES SRCaptain · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HUGO CARLOS CASTANEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 2
- SAM STEPHEN ALLISONSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 4
- FREDERICK REED WILLSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 8
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.