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JOEL LESLIE COOK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1949 – December 23, 1969
Service recordJoel Leslie Cook, of Belding, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 85
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Belding, Michigan (Ionia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 85
- DAVID EDWARD BERGFELDTSpecialist Five · December 23, 1969
- RUSSELL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
- EASLEY PHILLIP BYERS JRSpecialist Four · December 23, 1969
- DANIEL WINSLOW EDWARDS JRSergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
From Belding
- MARTIN ROY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · February 19, 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.