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CHARLES JOSEPH COOK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordCharles Joseph Cook, of West Covina, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 21
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- West Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 21
- JERRY WAYNE CLARKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- AMBROSE WILKIE J CLAY JRSergeant · May 7, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE CORLEYPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- PHILIP LEE CULVERSergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WADE BETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 19
- RANDELL HEATHE BURNSEDPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 20
- STEVEN FREDERICK DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 22
- ARTHUR MANOSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 27
- PEDRO MORENO ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 29
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 30
- ROBERT RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 31
- WILLIAM EUGENE SANZOVERINOSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 31
From West Covina
- RICHARD W PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · July 10, 1967
- LOUIS ZANE SILVERIILance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- DAVID HUGH LALICHCorporal · June 11, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · May 6, 1969
- HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSENSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOHN JAMES WILLEYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- BERT MARRION GUENTHER JRSergeant · November 15, 1970
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 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.