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TIMOTHY ANDREW COOK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1947 – September 20, 1969
Service recordTimothy Andrew Cook, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 116
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Benton Harbor, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 116
- LELAND ALSTON BAILEYCorporal · September 20, 1969
- WILLIAM CALVIN BIFFLEPrivate First Class · September 20, 1969
- ROBERT MARTIN BUCHECKCorporal · September 20, 1969
- CECIL DAUGHERTYSergeant · September 20, 1969
From Benton Harbor
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- BRUCE LOUIS MAROSITESSpecialist Four · March 1, 1966
- LARRY DUANE BUTGEREITSergeant · January 11, 1967
- LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJORPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- WILLIE SONNY DAVISPrivate · October 11, 1968
- EUGENE CROSSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
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.