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LESTER CHARLES COOK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – September 28, 1969
Service recordLester Charles Cook, of Iola, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 14
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Iola, Texas (Grimes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 14
- FRANK FRANCIS AUGUSTINESergeant · September 28, 1969
- LEONARD OLGUIN CAAMANOFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1969
- JAMES CLYDE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- DUANE CARL SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 15
- STANLEY WAYNE DOAKPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 15
- DENNIS OLIVER MCGHEESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 17
- TIMMY VALADEZPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 18
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.