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DONALD WARREN COOK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
August 19, 1941 – March 28, 1970
Service recordDonald Warren Cook, of Avilla, Indiana, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 51
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 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Avilla, Indiana (Noble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 51
- RICHARD ALAN BROYLESSpecialist Four · March 28, 1970
- DARRELL ADEN CAMERONCorporal · March 28, 1970
- PAUL JAMES FRANCISFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1970
- KENNETH JAMES GARSKISergeant · March 28, 1970
From Avilla
- ROBERT ALLEN GRAYSergeant · December 18, 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.