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JOHN EDWARD COOK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1946 – October 21, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Cook, of Paragould, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 100
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Paragould, Arkansas (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 100
- JESSIE RAYMOND BATEMANPetty Officer Third Class · October 21, 1969
- BENNIE CLIFFORD CLAYTONSergeant · October 21, 1969
- GLENN RICHARD COOKCaptain · October 21, 1969
- FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN YALE NAMERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 103
From Paragould
- TIMOTHY EUGENE CLARKCorporal · December 21, 1966
- TEDDY GENE WHITTONSpecialist Five · December 6, 1967
- MOUNCE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- RANDALL LLOYD HARVEYSergeant First Class · March 8, 1969
- DENNIS WILLARD HUFFINESergeant · July 14, 1970
- HARDY EDWARD CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
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.