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PATRICK HENRY COOK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1946 – April 13, 1968
Service recordPatrick Henry Cook JR, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 40
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 40
- RAY THOMAS COMFORTPrivate · April 13, 1968
- CHARLES CURTIS CROWPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- RICHARD LYNN EMBREYLance Corporal · April 13, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD HODGECorporal · April 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLEN ESTRADAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49E, Line 45
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 45
- JOHN EDWARD NELSONSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 45
- RICHARD PEGUEROCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 46
- WAYNE A RHODESPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 47
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 48
- DENNIS JAMES YETMARPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
- MELVIN DARRYL RUMSEYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
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.