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MICHAEL DEAN COOK
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 27, 1947 – April 2, 1966
Service recordMichael Dean Cook, of Rubidoux, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Rubidoux, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 73
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DALE LOUIS COURCHANECorporal · April 2, 1966
- JULIAN CASTILLO CUELLARCorporal · April 2, 1966
- CURTIS EUGENE DORRISSergeant · April 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE EDWARD FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 74
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.