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PETER EVERETT COOK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1948 – April 22, 1967
Service recordPeter Everett Cook, of Dubuque, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 22, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 68
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 5 AMR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Dubuque, Iowa (Dubuque County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 68
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- EARL K EASTERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK ENGLISHSpecialist Four · April 22, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
From Dubuque
- RONALD WILLIAM MEYERSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1966
- WILLIAM OWEN JUERGENSLance Corporal · September 8, 1966
- ROY ROGER BLEWETTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CLEMENSHospitalman · January 9, 1967
- JAMES CONRAD POWERSCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SUTHERLANDHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZGERALDHospitalman · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL H CHATFIELDSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- ELLAS LOUIS MIHALAKISSergeant · July 9, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS MYERS JRSergeant · July 21, 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.