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WILSON LEE COOK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1942 – February 27, 1967
Service recordWilson Lee Cook, of Frederick, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 37 SIG BN 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 37 SIG BN 1 SIG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 104
- JESUS ROSAS CRUZLance Corporal · February 27, 1967
- JAMES LEON CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- DONALD GARY DETMERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- DAVID ORSON FJERSTADCorporal · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN CHARLES WEHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 111
From Frederick
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
- STEPHEN EUGENE SROKAPrivate First Class · August 3, 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.