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MILTON COOK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – August 12, 1968
Service recordMilton Cook, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 54
- JAN VICTOR HENRICKSONSergeant · August 12, 1968
- STANLEY GENE HOLTONSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- TERRY ROY JENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 12, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE KENTPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- RONALD PAUL LEELance Corporal · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · Panel 49W, Line 50
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CARNINECorporal · Panel 49W, Line 51
- THADDEUS DURRETTSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 52
- EARNEST EATMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 52
- BOBBY FREEMANSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 53
- HARRY JAMES HAASSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 53
- STANLEY GENE HOLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 54
- ROBERT FRANCIS MCMANUSCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 1
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 1
- THOMAS E MORTICE IIISergeant · Panel 48W, Line 2
- RONALD LEE PANZERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 2
- DENNIS ALTON PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 2
- DONALD LEE PUMPHREYSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 3
- LARRY JOE PURCELLSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 3
- RICHARD ALLEN SCOTTSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 3
- PETER WALTER SLABINGERCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 3
- LONNIE JOSEPH TULLIERStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 4
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.