Sergeant First Class Marlin Curtis Cook

Title

Sergeant First Class Marlin Curtis Cook

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Army

Description

According to National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998 via Ancestry.com, SFC Marlin C. Cook was killed on January 29, 1966, while serving with Team Capitol, Detachment B-52, Fifth Special Forces Group.

For his service SFC Cook was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. To read the citation for SFC Cook's Silver Star see this site: http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=24217.

More information on the death of SFC Cook can be found at this site: https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=44356.

To see SFC Cooks Virtual Wall including a description of how he died see this site: http://www.virtualwall.org/dc/CookMC01a.htm

Source

Virtual Wall - Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Date

1966

Contributor

Tuscaloosa Public Library

Type

Hyperlink

Identifier

1913

Coverage

Lamar County (AL)