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CARL DALTON COOPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1949 – November 2, 1970
Service recordCarl Dalton Cooper, of Hodgenville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Hodgenville, Kentucky (Larue County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 34
- THOMAS RICHARD BRADYPrivate First Class · November 2, 1970
- KENNETH LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Five · November 2, 1970
- DOUGLAS JOHN CAMPBELLWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1970
- GARY WAYNE COKLEYSergeant · November 2, 1970
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.