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WILLIAM HAROLD COOK
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 29, 1947 – March 26, 1968
Service recordWilliam Harold Cook, of Kennewick, Washington, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 26, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 30
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Kennewick, Washington (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 30
- ROBERT LEE BUTLERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JAMES HENRY CAMPBELL JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CAMPOSSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- BARTON WAINWRIGHT CAREYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
From Kennewick
- GERALD LANE CARMICHAELCorporal · October 15, 1966
- MICHAEL R NEWBERNStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- DARRELL WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JAMES BARTIE STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOE COPELance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- TOMMY LEE STEPHENSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- HARLEY RICHARD COWANPetty Officer Third Class · April 26, 1968
- STEPHEN ROGERS YOUNGPrivate · May 17, 1968
- ROBERT ARNOLD WHITNEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS LYNNSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
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.