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COOK, DENNIS PHILIP
Name: Dennis Philip Cook
Rank/Branch: O3/US Navy
Unit: Attack Squadron 212, USS HANCOCK (CVA 19)
Date of Birth: 01 November 1936
Home City of Record: Santa Barbara CA
Date of Loss: 06 April 1966
Country of Loss: South Vietnam/Over Water (See Text)
Loss Coordinates: 175831N 1080133E (AK850900)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Category: 5
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A4E
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 30 April 1990 from one or more of the
following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with
POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.
REMARKS:
SYNOPSIS: The USS HANCOCK first saw action in Vietnam when aircraft from her
decks flew strikes against enemy vessels in Saigon Harbor in late 1944. The
Essex class carrier, extensively modernized, returned to Vietnam during the
early years of the Vietnam war. The attack carriers USS CORAL SEA, USS HANCOCK
and USS RANGER formed Task Force 77, the carrier striking force of the U.S.
Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. The HANCOCK was the smallest type of
flattop to operate in the Vietnam theater, but pilots from her fighter and
attack squadrons distinguished themselves throughout the duration of the war. On
June 12, 1966, Commander Hal Marr, the CO of VF-211 gained the first F8 Russian
MiG kill.
LT Dennis P. Cook was a pilot assigned to Attack Squadron 212 onboard the
aircraft carrier USS HANCOCK, then stationed off Dixie Station in the South
China Sea. On April 6, 1966, he was preparing to launch in his A4E Skyhawk light
attack aircraft. due to a catapult malfunction his aircraft did not have
sufficient acceleration on launch and the aircraft settled into the water with
no apparent ejection attempted. An extensive search was conducted throughout the
crash site area, but no remains of LT Cook were located.
(NOTE: Although all government data states that the country of loss for LT Cook
was South Vietnam/Over Water, the loss coordinates given above, obtained from
government data, are located in the Gulf of Tonkin, offshore from North Vietnam
approximately 100 miles east of the city of Ron. The grid coordinates [AK850
900] indicate a loss in the South China Sea. No explanation can be found for
this apparent discrepancy, but the weight of data indicates that the loss did
occur offshore from South Vietnam in spite of the discrepancy.)
LT Cook was placed in a Dead/Non-battle casualty status. Because his remains
were never recovered he is listed among the unaccounted for U.S. servicemen from
the Vietnam War.
During the period of July-September 1973 an overwater/at sea casualty resolution
operation was conducted to determine the feasibility of pursuing recovery on
incidents such as that of LT Dennis Cook. Because of the lack of any positive
results whatsoever, the at-sea operations were terminated. It was decided that
LT Cook and others lost at sea would never be recovered.