THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service Sgt Milton Cook.

We will never forget you.

John 14:27.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Thank you for your service

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

SGT (posthumous promotion from SP4) Milton Cook (no middle name) of Detroit, Michigan, enlisted on 30 May 1967, began his tour in Vietnam on 21 December 1967 and was KIA while serving in Company A, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 9th Infantry Division.

The photograph above of the soldier firing a machinegun is an official US Army photograph taken by Department of the Army Special Photographic Office photographer Robert C. Lafoon. As part of his official duties as a photographer he recorded the photo as being of PFC Milton L. Cook of Baltimore, Maryland, serving in Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry (Mechanized), 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. He also recorded the date of the photograph as 8 January 1967, more than 11 months before SGT Milton Cook arrived in Vietnam and 4 months before he even enlisted in the Army.

Clearly they have been confused with each other due to their similar names, but the man pictured is definitely not the Milton Cook who was killed in action.

You will forever remain in our hearts and prayers

Your name shall not be forgotten. Thank you for your sacrifice, sir.