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ERNEST FRISSELL COOKE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – November 1, 1968
Service recordErnest Frissell Cooke JR, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 72
- EDWIN HARRY CASESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- NORMAN GENE CATESPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL CIUPINSKISergeant · November 1, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE FUNKEPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE VON BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 71
- WILFREDO CINTRON-MENDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 75
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 77
- DENNIS KENNETH OCONNORSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 3
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.