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CHARLES THOMAS COOKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – January 3, 1968
Service recordCharles Thomas Cooke, of Covington, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Covington, Virginia (Covington (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 27
- ARNOLD LEE COONRODCorporal · January 3, 1968
- CLAUDE DARDEN JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- DENNIS DALE DAUTREMONTPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN M BRIMMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 25
- DAVID RICHARD BURSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 26
- ARNOLD LEE COONRODCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 27
- DENNIS DALE DAUTREMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 27
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 27
- ALLEN BRUCE GLINESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 28
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- RODNEY ALLEN PRICEStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- ROBERT RAYMOND LINDBERGHPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 29
- EDWARD KEITH ROBISONMaster Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 31
- JESSE EMITERIO RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 31
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 32
- MORGAN EUGENE STEWARTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 32
- MELFORD WAYNE WESTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 33
From Covington
- RALPH WAYNE BROUGHMANSpecialist Four · February 7, 1965
- GARY ALLEN BURKSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES CRAGHEAD JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- ROY DARRELL HUMPHREYSpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
- GARY LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DELMIS CLAYTON WATSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 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.