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JAMES ARTHUR COOPER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1948 – December 19, 1969
Service recordJames Arthur Cooper, of Folkston, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 71
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Folkston, Georgia (Charlton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 71
- ROY DOUGLAS BASSETT JRSergeant · December 19, 1969
- CLYDE ROBERT CARRICOSergeant · December 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD EARL DRAHERCorporal · December 19, 1969
- CHARLES BERNARD DRAUT JRCaptain · December 19, 1969
From Folkston
- LEONARD EARL PEACOCKSergeant · May 29, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
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.