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DONALD F VANCOOK JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – June 4, 1969
Service recordDonald F Vancook JR, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 68
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 68
- EDWIN FRANKLIN SHOLARWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
- GARY WILLIS SILMANCorporal · June 4, 1969
- HAROLD ALONZO SKAGGSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- MICHAEL DENTIS TURNERSpecialist Five · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCO ANTONIO DITULLIOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 63
- THOMAS ANDREW GREISENSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 64
- WILLIAM C BURGESS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 65
- DAVID BORNE PLATTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 67
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 67
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.