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JAMES JOHN COOK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1949 – April 13, 1970
Service recordJames John Cook, of Gladstone, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 130
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Gladstone, Michigan (Delta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 130
- WILLIAM MILES CALDWELLSergeant · April 13, 1970
- TROY VERNAL CANADYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- STANLEY WENDEL CRAWFORDSpecialist Five · April 13, 1970
- CLIFFORD JERRY EARNHARDTSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MILES CALDWELLSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 130
- CARLOS HILL GARCIASergeant · Panel 12W, Line 131
- JAMES MICHAEL REINHARDTSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 1
From Gladstone
- ADRIAN JAMES ANGLIMStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1966
- DWIGHT ROSS STOCKHOLMPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- CHARLES LEROY STEWART JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
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.