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WILLIAM RICHARD COOK
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 25, 1924 – April 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Richard Cook, of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 35
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 16 TRS
- Born
- February 25, 1924
- Home of record
- Redwood Falls, Minnesota (Redwood County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 28, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52E, Line 35
- LEONARD CARABEOLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM CARDINALISpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY CASSANOCorporal · April 28, 1968
- JIMMY LEE CURRYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
From Redwood Falls
- ROBERT EDWARD JONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.