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JAMES COONEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 1, 1947 – April 9, 1970
Service recordJames Cooney, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 112
- HERMAN ALLEN CLAY JRCorporal · April 9, 1970
- DAVID ROY EASLEYLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- DAVID PAUL EVANSSergeant · April 9, 1970
- THOMAS LAWRENCE GATESPrivate First Class · April 9, 1970
- PHILIP ANTHONY HARRISSpecialist Four · April 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BROWNSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 111
- JOHN ADAMS AVERAMajor · Panel 12W, Line 113
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.