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JOHN PHILLIP COOK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1948 – February 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Phillip Cook, of Cypress, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- November 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Cypress, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 53
- RODNEY MAX CHAPMANLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1969
- VIRGIL CARLYLE COMBSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- CLEVELAND E DYKESCorporal · February 18, 1969
- RALPH ELDON EBBSStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1969
From Cypress
- JACK DENNIS HANGERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- CHARLES CURTIS CLENDENENSpecialist Four · April 18, 1967
- PETER QUIRINUS BOETS JRCorporal · May 13, 1967
- DAVID MARLOW TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- JACKIE ANDREW CARRANOSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- PATRICK DENNIS FAYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- STEVEN PAUL SORICKPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- NORBERT OTTO WERNERSergeant · October 31, 1968
- CLIFFORD LEE SWISHERPrivate First Class · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT W ROSSSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.