Cook, William Richard
Air Force Colonel

William Richard Cook, age 43, from Redwood Falls, Minnesota, Redwood county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: April 28, 1968
Death details: Lieutenant Colonel William Richard Cook, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Minnesota, was a member of the 16th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. He was the pilot of the Phantom when it went missing on April 28, 1968. He was lost with the aircraft, and his remains have not been recovered. After the incident, the U.S. Air Force promoted Lt Col Cook to the rank of Colonel (Col). Today, Colonel Cook is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency