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GREGORY MADISON MCCOOK
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1945 – May 9, 1967
Service recordGregory Madison McCook, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 73
- RONNIE RAY LANDERSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- KENNETH JOHN LECASTRECorporal · May 9, 1967
- EDDIE MORRIS MANNPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD NILESCorporal · May 9, 1967
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.