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JAMES EDWARD COOK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1936 – April 23, 1966
Service recordJames Edward Cook, of Hardeeville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 129
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1936
- Home of record
- Hardeeville, South Carolina (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 129
- DENIS EUGENE ABBOTTPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- ROBERT FRANKLIN WEIMORTSLieutenant Commander · April 22, 1966
- FRANCISCO CORREA-MORALESPrivate First Class · April 23, 1966
- ROBERT RAYMOND DYCZKOWSKILieutenant Colonel · April 23, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
From Hardeeville
- EDWARD GREEN JRCorporal · March 25, 1969
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.