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RAYMOND LEE COOK
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 17, 1945 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRaymond Lee Cook, of Gouverneur, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 35 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Gouverneur, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 9
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH CRADEURSergeant · May 5, 1968
- CORTLAND ELLIS DENNISONCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JIMMIE ALAN DOLENCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE DOWNINGPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.