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MICHAEL FRANK COOK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1947 – July 29, 1966
Service recordMichael Frank Cook, of Harbor City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO BLT 3 5 MAR 9 MAR AMPH BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Harbor City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 86
- DOMINIC ANTHONY CORONAPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROBERT JOSEPH DITOMMASOLieutenant Colonel · July 29, 1966
- GALE HERBERT FELVERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1966
- ROBERT OLIVER GARANTCorporal · July 29, 1966
From Harbor City
- CURTIS BROCKINGTONPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- EDWARD ALLEN DEVORE JRSpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- HIGINIO RODRIGUEZ TORRESSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
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.