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CLINTON ARTHUR COOK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1948 – April 28, 1970
Service recordClinton Arthur Cook, of Hydaburg, Alaska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Hydaburg, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 63
- KEITH WARREN AUPrivate First Class · April 28, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · April 28, 1970
- DAVID CHARLES BUGMANCorporal · April 28, 1970
- ROBERT FREDERICK FAGE JRStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1970
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.