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DONALD RICHARD COOK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 19, 1946 – October 26, 1970
Service recordDonald Richard Cook, of Unicoi, Tennessee, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 22
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Unicoi, Tennessee (Unicoi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 22
- JOSEPH PETER JURGELLAPetty Officer First Class · October 25, 1970
- ROBERT M SHUPTRINESpecialist Five · October 25, 1970
- PETER PAUL BOHNWAGNERSergeant · October 26, 1970
- JOSEPH BORRUSO JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EDWARD REESESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 24
- KARL LEWIS REINECCIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 24
- CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 24
From Unicoi
- MICHAEL TOLLEYPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
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.