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RONALD JOHN COOK
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
July 10, 1947 – May 24, 1968
Service recordRonald John Cook, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 7
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 7
- JERRY MICHAEL CHITWOODStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN COLLINSPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES CONNOLLYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- JOSE DAVILAPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK GEORGE STEFFENHospitalman · Panel 69E, Line 3
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.