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DICKEY LARUE COOLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – February 19, 1970
Service recordDickey Larue Cooley, of Galax, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 32
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Galax, Virginia (Galax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 32
- THOMAS HAROLD FURNISHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
- LARRY THOMAS HARRISONStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1970
- PHILLIP FRANK HULTSSergeant · February 19, 1970
- MANUEL TOMAS MONTOYASpecialist Four · February 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY JOHN NORMANPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 33
From Galax
- RICHARD COLEN LUNDYCorporal · June 19, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS STONEMANSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- E G AKERS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 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.