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JOHN W COOK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 13, 1946 – February 29, 1968
Service recordJohn W Cook, of Long Beach, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 3
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 3
- JOHN WILLIAM COOK JRSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- RORY A COVINGTONSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- VICTOR DICAVALLUCCISecond Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 4
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 9
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.