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DOUGLAS ALEX COOK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1949 – August 28, 1969
Service recordDouglas Alex Cook, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 128
- DENNIS DEAN DAVISPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS DAVIS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- JAMES ALDEN DOUGHTYPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- KENNETH RAYMOND FORDPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN WAYNE STALLCUPSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 5
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.