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MARVIN COOK JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1930 – January 26, 1969
Service recordMarvin Cook JR, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 82
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer (2045)
- Born
- August 18, 1930
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 82
- CHARLES ANTHONY BREZINSKICorporal · January 26, 1969
- HENRY ROBERT BROADTMAN JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- DONALD BING DEANPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- HAROLD EDWARD CROWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 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.