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JAMES BLACK COOK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1946 – August 3, 1968
Service recordJames Black Cook, of Bettendorf, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 3
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Telephone & Telegraph Officer (0430)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Bettendorf, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 3
- NATHANIEL BUGGS JRPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
- LARRY B BUZZARDCorporal · August 3, 1968
- RANDALL BINGHAM CHOATELance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- SERVESTON DEVON POPEPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
From Bettendorf
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- REID WILLIAM STOLTENBERGLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1967
- VERNON CHESTER RANDOLPHCorporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY ARNOLD NEAVORSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- WAYNE RICHARD ANDERSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1970
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.