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ROBERT ALLEN COOKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1950 – September 23, 1969
Service recordRobert Allen Cooke, of Durham, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 128
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Durham, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 128
- THOMAS EDWARD CARUSOSecond Lieutenant · September 23, 1969
- JOHN MANUAL CHAVEZPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · September 23, 1969
- JUAN A DIAZ-DOMENECHCorporal · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SHERBERT LEON COXSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 129
- GALEN EARL HAYNIEPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 129
- ROBERTO SALAZARSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 1
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 2
From Durham
- GILBERT NOLAN SMITHSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LLOYD SMITHSergeant · March 18, 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.