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DONALD MICHAEL COOK
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – October 27, 1968
Service recordDonald Michael Cook, of Kinde, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Kinde, Michigan (Huron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 42
- STEVEN EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · October 27, 1968
- JOHN LAVERNE CRANEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT LARRY DELLINGERSergeant · October 27, 1968
- WILLIAM LEIGH MICHELCaptain · October 27, 1968
From Kinde
- OLIVER PIERCE DAMROWPetty Officer Third Class · July 11, 1967
- GERRY ALBIN POLEGAPrivate First Class · February 13, 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.