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DANIEL DEAN COOPER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
May 21, 1946 – February 4, 1972
Service recordDaniel Dean Cooper, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 4, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 104
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ATKRON 22 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- May 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 104
- CHARLES EDWARD GREENEPetty Officer First Class · February 3, 1972
- DONALD W LOWECaptain · February 3, 1972
- LEONARD JAMES MATELSKIStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1972
- THOMAS WASHINGTON LIPSEY IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1972
From Medford
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
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.