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LARRY HOUSTON COOKE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1947 – April 19, 1969
Service recordLarry Houston Cooke, of Castro Valley, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 7
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Castro Valley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 7
- PAUL EDWARD ALLARDPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
- HAROLD GENE BOTTOMSSergeant · April 19, 1969
- DENNIS ROCCO CAMASpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES CROSECorporal · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 6
- HAROLD GENE BOTTOMSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 7
- RICHARD LAMAR HANNONCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 8
- JOE GILBERT LONGORIASergeant · Panel 26W, Line 10
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 11
- CHARLES ELLIS THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 12
From Castro Valley
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- PAUL PHILLIP VANOVERLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- GLENN DOUGLAS MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS DUFFEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- PATRICK STEVEN LAIRDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
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.