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DENNIS PHILIP COOK
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
November 1, 1936 – April 6, 1966
Service recordDennis Philip Cook, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 6, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 212 USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- November 1, 1936
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 89
- JAMES WAYNE GATESLieutenant Colonel · April 6, 1966
- JAMES PETER HARTEAUPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- MELVIN THOMAS KRECHPetty Officer First Class · April 6, 1966
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
- JERRY BRUCE MENANECorporal · September 12, 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.