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CHARLES ROBERT COOK
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 19, 1944 – December 27, 1968
Service recordCharles Robert Cook, of Lakewood, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 80
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 80
- DAVID ALFRED VICARIOSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
- EDMUND VICTOR CUDNIKPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- JOE LOUIS EMERYPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- DARYL LEE ENGLISHPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LAMAR LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 81
- JEAN WAYNE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 82
- R W GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 83
- GERALD WOODSCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 83
From Lakewood
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- RANDOLPH SCOTT HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JOHN MARK ZEHNDERSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES PASTVALance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- MICHEAL ALLEN MIKITISGunnery Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- GERALD JAMES WINCHCaptain · March 15, 1968
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · April 30, 1968
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK KILBANECorporal · February 6, 1969
- JAMES EDWIN MCPIKESergeant · July 19, 1969
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.