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CURTIS COOPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1950 – August 15, 1970
Service recordCurtis Cooper, of Lumber City, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Lumber City, Georgia (Telfair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 114
- BRIAN JOHN BENNETTSergeant · August 15, 1970
- HARRY EDWARD CHESSERSpecialist Five · August 15, 1970
- DONALD RAY HILLIARDLance Corporal · August 15, 1970
- BEN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WASHINGTON MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 115
From Lumber City
- ALTON LESKER STEGALLCorporal · July 26, 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.