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NATHANIEL COOK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1948 – May 30, 1969
Service recordNathaniel Cook, of Cleburne, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleburne, Texas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 20
- JEROME LISTON COLLINSCorporal · May 30, 1969
- EDWIN EARL DOTTERSergeant · May 30, 1969
- RICHARD FRANCIS DUBOISLance Corporal · May 30, 1969
- EDWARD FROWNERSergeant · May 30, 1969
From Cleburne
- BOBBY LEE WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- FRANK COLLINS PARRISHMaster Sergeant · January 16, 1968
- ROBERT EARL BALDWINSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- JIMMY RAY BROWNCorporal · May 9, 1968
- VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARDFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1969
- CLARENCE MOODY STONER JRSergeant · June 13, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD POWELLMajor · April 21, 1970
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.