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GARY RAY COOPER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – November 8, 1968
Service recordGary Ray Cooper, of Keystone Heights, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Keystone Heights, Florida (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 36
- PETER PAUL BLASKO JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 8, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COPELANDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DESMONDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN HARDMANSergeant · November 8, 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.