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CHARLES FRANCIS COOK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1946 – March 28, 1969
Service recordCharles Francis Cook, of East Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 67
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1946
- Home of record
- East Detroit, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 67
- EARL FREDERICK BROWNEFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- VICTOR ANTONIO BURRISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES CAREYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ALBERT L DADAMO JRSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER JOSEPH DUMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 68
- FRED LEE GABBINSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 69
- GEORGE KENNETH GOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 69
- ALVIN FLYNN GUNTERSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 70
- THEODORE EDWARD MOON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 70
- WILLIAM JAMES MASKESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 71
- DUSTAN WILLIAM MEEKSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 71
- GARY WARREN GROWPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 72
- GARY JOE POLLOCKSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 74
- LON ARNOLD SPURLOCK IILieutenant Colonel · Panel 28W, Line 76
- JAMES MICHAEL SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 76
- JOHN WRIGHT SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 76
- ROBERT LESTER WEIHERSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 77
From East Detroit
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID WHITELAWCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · February 7, 1969
- CASIMIR KULIKSergeant · December 12, 1969
- PATRICK TRACYFireman · March 8, 1970
- KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEKCorporal · September 5, 1970
- RICHARD LENARD HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.