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ALEXANDER COOPER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1930 – November 4, 1967
Service recordAlexander Cooper, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 19
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 19
- RICHARD EARL CREASONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- KEVIN GREGORY FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1967
- LEROY ANTHONY HAYESSergeant First Class · November 4, 1967
- DAVID MACK HERENDONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.