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EDWIN EARL COOPER
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
June 7, 1945 – February 24, 1967
Service recordEdwin Earl Cooper, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 24, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 82
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
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- June 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 82
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- ROGER ALLEN CASTLECorporal · February 24, 1967
- DONALD ALAN CHAFFINLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- RONALD CARL CRAPOCorporal · February 24, 1967
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · April 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.