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RANDALL VINCENT COOK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1946 – May 29, 1967
Service recordRandall Vincent Cook, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 10
- ALAN BRADLEY CIPRIANISpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES HUGH CRAWFORDPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ENOCH ANDREW BALLANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
- JOHN MICHAEL BIONDIPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 9
- ALAN BRADLEY CIPRIANISpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 10
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 10
- WILLIAM CHARLES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 13
- MATHEW L JOLIVETTESpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 13
- BRUCE K MANNINGCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 14
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 14
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 16
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.