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GLENN RICHARD COOK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 10, 1945 – October 21, 1969
Service recordGlenn Richard Cook, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 21, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 100
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 21 TAC SPT SQ 504 TASG
- Born
- September 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 21, 1969
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 17W, Line 100
- JESSIE RAYMOND BATEMANPetty Officer Third Class · October 21, 1969
- BENNIE CLIFFORD CLAYTONSergeant · October 21, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.