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JIMMY LEE COOK
Private · U.S. Army
March 18, 1949 – June 21, 1967
Service recordJimmy Lee Cook, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 29
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 29
- JERRY FURMAN CLARKFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- DEAN DENNIS CRANESpecialist Four · June 21, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD W LEATHERS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 32
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.