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GARY WAYNE COOPER SR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 12, 1948 – March 9, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Cooper SR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 12
- RICHARD FRANKLIN YATTEAULance Corporal · August 30, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE BARTOCCILieutenant Commander · August 31, 1968
- WILFORD LEE BLUMERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- EDDIE STEPHEN BROWNLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- ERNEST RAY CARRSpecialist Five · August 31, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.