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LARRY DEAN COOK
Private · U.S. Army
October 18, 1946 – July 21, 1968
Service recordLarry Dean Cook, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 24
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 24
- JESUS ERNEST CHAVEZ JRSergeant · July 21, 1968
- JIMMY CONCEPCION-CHAPMANCorporal · July 21, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK DORANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL LURIEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID KENNETH HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 26
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 26
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.