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JOHN PATRICK COOK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – August 16, 1968
Service recordJohn Patrick Cook, of La Grange, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 23
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- La Grange, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 23
- GARY DEAN BOWLINGSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- CLAYTON CHARLES BRANNONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT JAY BROWNCorporal · August 16, 1968
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · August 16, 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.