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WILMER PAUL COOK
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
October 1, 1932 – December 22, 1967
Service recordWilmer Paul Cook, of Annapolis, Maryland, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 22, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 43
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
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- October 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Annapolis, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32E, Line 43
- PHILLIP GENE CANTRELLPrivate · December 22, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY COOPERSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- STANLEY WILLIAM DRIZASergeant · December 22, 1967
From Annapolis
- KURT WILLIAM GAREISSCaptain · February 24, 1965
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- JAMES S MACVICKAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- PAUL AUSTIN LEONARDPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- TEDDY WAXMANSergeant · November 30, 1967
- ALEXANDER KEARNEY WARDCaptain · February 16, 1968
- CARLISLE OGDEN WARK JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 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.