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DONALD RAY COOPER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 19, 1944 – April 8, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Cooper, of Carmichael, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Carmichael, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 37
- KENNETH JULIAN ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN FULKERSONSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- CHRISTIAN GEORGE GIRARDSergeant First Class · April 8, 1969
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENNIE WAYNE CAINSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 36
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 38
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 40
From Carmichael
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZASpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 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.