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ROBERT WILKINSON COOK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 18, 1937 – May 26, 1967
Service recordRobert Wilkinson Cook, of Claiborne, Maryland, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 112
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1937
- Home of record
- Claiborne, Maryland (Talbot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 112
- MICHAEL HOWARD COLLINSCorporal · May 26, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR CONKLINPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1967
- PATRICK CONNERCorporal · May 26, 1967
- CHARLES ALVIN CRUMPCorporal · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DEWEY BENNETTSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 110
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 115
- JOSEPH DALLAS LEGRAND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 119
- MELVIN LOUIS MARTZSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 120
- GENE FLETCHER MATTHEWSCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 120
- ROBERT LLOYD MOSHERCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 122
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.