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PETER BROWN COOK JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – October 6, 1967
Service recordPeter Brown Cook JR, of Yazoo City, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Yazoo City, Mississippi (Yazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 58
- FRANK ALTON ARMSTRONG IIIMajor · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- EARL DINGLESpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- ROBERT LEE DUNCANCorporal · October 6, 1967
From Yazoo City
- ERNEST PEPPER GULLEDGE JRCaptain · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD HAMILTON NELSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 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.