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ROBERT PAUL COOK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 24, 1948 – October 27, 1967
Service recordRobert Paul Cook, of El Monte, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 80
- JESSE NATHANIEL CLAYTONCorporal · October 27, 1967
- DOUGLAS FRANK CLEMMONSPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- LORENZA CONNERCaptain · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT CORESergeant · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DUANE CHARLES AKKERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 77
- JAMES ALBERT CORESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 80
- EVARISTO MARTINEZ IIISpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 81
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 83
- JAMES LEATHERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 83
- TERRY LEE MALOYSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 84
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 85
- GARY ARDEN RUCKTAESCHELSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 86
- JOHNNIE WALKERCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 88
- MICHAEL ZARBOCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 89
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
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.