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ROGER JOHN COOK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1948 – January 15, 1967
Service recordRoger John Cook, of Medina, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Medina, New York (Orleans County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 33
- TERREL ELBERT CARTERPetty Officer First Class · January 15, 1967
- RALPH DURWARD CORDELLMajor · January 15, 1967
- TOMMY LEWIS CRAFTCorporal · January 15, 1967
- RICHARD ORIN DEMARISPrivate · January 15, 1967
From Medina
- ROLLAND BERNARD SHUBBUCKAirman Second Class · January 16, 1966
- LEROY HENRY KELLERCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JOHN ERNEST ALBANESE JRSergeant · May 23, 1968
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.