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CHARLES WILLIAM COOK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 26, 1951 – June 28, 1971
Service recordCharles William Cook, of Tama, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 91
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Tama, Iowa (Tama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 91
- CHARLIE THOMAS TANTONStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1971
- ROSS ANGELO TROVATOSpecialist Four · June 27, 1971
- STUART MARSHALL BINKLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1971
- BERNARD FRANCIS BRZEZINSKICorporal · June 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LYNN DELAPLAINEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 92
From Tama
- RICHARD CLIVE YOUNGBEARSergeant · February 3, 1966
- DALE EARL BENSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
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.