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JIMMIE DEE COOK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 10, 1937 – March 5, 1969
Service recordJimmie Dee Cook, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 42
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 10, 1937
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 42
- GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWNSergeant First Class · March 5, 1969
- GEORGE ALLAN CALLANFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN CLAUSEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- JACK PETER DELANGESpecialist Five · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK PETER DELANGESpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 42
- HAROLD SAMUEL GLADNEYPrivate · Panel 30W, Line 44
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 1968
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.