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DELMAR FREDRICK COOK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1941 – May 16, 1967
Service recordDelmar Fredrick Cook, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “F CO 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 7
- CLYDE CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- ROSS FRANCIS FIKELance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- DAVID ALAN FISCHLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 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.