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EDWARD PILLOW COOPER
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
July 17, 1945 – December 5, 1971
Service recordEdward Pillow Cooper, of Edinburg, Texas, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 5, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 26
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 (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- PATROL SQ 6 NAS CUBI POINT REP OF PHILIPPINES
- Born
- July 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Edinburg, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 26
- BARRY MERCER STRAWCaptain · March 5, 1971
- JAMES CALVIN TUBB JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1971
- RALPH LELAND WARDCaptain · March 5, 1971
- DANIEL WEBSTER ALLEN JRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- GEORGE CLINGER BASSFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1971
From Edinburg
- HOMERO ELIUD TIJERINALance Corporal · July 4, 1966
- TEODORO DAVILAStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JOSE MANUEL GOMEZLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- VICTORIANO ESPINOZA JRPrivate · January 9, 1968
- ALFREDO GONZALEZSergeant · February 4, 1968
- NOLAN LESTER SIMMONSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- RAFAEL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- FLORENTINO MARTINEZ JRCorporal · November 25, 1968
- JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERASPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- NOE TAMEZSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
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.