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ROBERT EMERY COOK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1948 – June 5, 1970
Service recordRobert Emery Cook, of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 12
- ROOSEVELT JUNIOR BRAGGSPrivate · June 5, 1970
- SCOTTY RAY BROADSTONSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- PATRICK BRYANCaptain · June 5, 1970
- MICHAEL LYN CHASECorporal · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 13
- GRADY E MCBRIDE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 15
- ROBERT JOHN PODNARSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 16
From Honesdale
- REED JAY SCHWEIGHOFERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- JAMES EDSALLLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- JAMES STANTONCorporal · August 12, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM COONSCorporal · February 12, 1970
- RICHARD JOSEPH TALLMANBrigadier General · July 9, 1972
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.