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RONALD EDWARD BOCOOK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1940 – November 12, 1966
Service recordRonald Edward Bocook, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 59
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 59
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- TED DEWAINE BROOMFIELDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP BROWNLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES T ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 58
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 59
- LESLIE PAUL DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 60
- THOMAS GEORGE FITZGIBBONSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 61
- GEORGE ALLEN FOGARTYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 61
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 61
- LLOYD J SADOWSKYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 64
- CECIL WALKERCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 65
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.