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JOHN I COOK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1942 – January 29, 1967
Service recordJohn I Cook, of Georgetown, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 94
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Georgetown, South Carolina (Georgetown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 94
- DONALD FRANCIS YATESCorporal · January 28, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM BIEDIGERColonel · January 29, 1967
- JOHN JAMES SHAWPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JAMES SHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 94
- STANLEY A ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 96
From Georgetown
- JOHN HENRY WALKERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1966
- PHILLIP GRANTSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- NATHANIEL E L JACKSONCorporal · April 16, 1968
- BEN CALHOUN WARDPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- RUDOLPH CALVIN THOMASStaff Sergeant · January 14, 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.