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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harold Clarence Cook.

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HAROLD CLARENCE COOK

Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

August 8, 1930 – September 4, 1967

Service record

Harold Clarence Cook, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 4, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 25E · Line 96

Position of Panel 25E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Master Sergeant (MSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
August 8, 1930
Home of record
West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 4, 1967
Age
37
Province
Lam Dong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 25E, Line 96

From West Palm Beach

All 27 names from West Palm Beach →

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.