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DAVID RICHARD COOK
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 18, 1950 – November 7, 1969
Service recordDavid Richard Cook, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 41
- MICHAEL ANTHONY CAPUTO SRMaster Sergeant · November 6, 1969
- RAYMOND A SHOEMAKER IISergeant · November 6, 1969
- LAVERN WILLIAM TEGTMEIERStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1969
- HENRY JOSEPH VADChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SHIRMANGFirst Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 44
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.