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GEORGE GRADY COOPER
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 28, 1928 – January 21, 1967
Service recordGeorge Grady Cooper, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 21, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 60
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 28, 1928
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 60
- HIRAM ELI MARVIN WIGGINSStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- GARY PAUL WORRELLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- EUGENE OGDEN CONLEYLieutenant Colonel · January 21, 1967
- ALBERT BARCINAS DOYLESergeant · January 21, 1967
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- CLYDE WAYNE STEPHENSCorporal · June 19, 1967
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.