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They Say, our deaths are not ours, they are yours, they will mean what you make of them. They say, we leave you our deaths, give them some meaning. Archibald MacLeish poet and WWI veteran.

PFC Cook came right from MP School at Fort Gordon, Georgia to the 188th MP Company in DaNang. He was first assigned to discipline law and order patrols.

        In June he was reassigned to duties restricted to the company area. On the morning of Thursday, 15 July 1971 when his his room mate tried to wake him he discovered him dead in his bunk.

 

--- General / Personal ---
Last name: COOK
First name: CHRISTOPHER CORWIN
Home of Record (official): SAN JOSE
State (official): CA
Date of Birth: Monday, August 20, 1951
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single

--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: PVT
Serial Number: 566828221
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E2
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 95B10
Major Organization: USARV

--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Wednesday, December 16, 1970
Date of Casualty: Thursday, July 15, 1971
Age at time of loss: 19
Casualty type: (C1) Non-hostile, died of other causes
Reason: Accidental self destruction (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Quang Nam
The Wall: Panel 03W - Row 108

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