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WEYMAN TERRY COOK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – March 6, 1969
Service recordWeyman Terry Cook, of Corinth, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Corinth, Mississippi (Alcorn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 52
- CARL DENNIS CAINSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- RICHARD DENNIS COYLEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- EUGENE ELDERCorporal · March 6, 1969
From Corinth
- BOBBY HUDSONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1966
- CLYDE RAYMOND PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- PRINCE ARTHUR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY FRANKLIN NEWCOMBSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GARY KENNETH LANNOMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- HERSHEL EUGENE MORROWPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- GERHARD W C VANDERFORDSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE TALLEYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- TROY LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1969
- DOUGLAS EVERETT BYRDSpecialist Four · October 8, 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.