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DELFIN HILARIO COOK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1939 – September 27, 1968
Service recordDelfin Hilario Cook, of Gibraltar, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1939
- Home of record
- Gibraltar, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 27
- GEORGE ALBERT CARTERCorporal · September 27, 1968
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- JAMES WALLACE CRAMERSergeant · September 27, 1968
- RICHARD DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFERY CHARLES NILESCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 26
- CHARLES EDWARD DELASSUSSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 28
- KEVIN LESLIE GREENESergeant · Panel 42W, Line 29
- QUENTIN FOXX HURSTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 29
- LAWRENCE RICHAR MERSCHRODPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 30
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42W, Line 33
From Gibraltar
- MICHAEL JAMES DODGECorporal · June 14, 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.