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JAMES EDWARD COOLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 7, 1948 – January 20, 1970
Service recordJames Edward Cooley, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 48
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 48
- ROBERT G MITCHELTREE JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1970
- VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JRCorporal · January 19, 1970
- HAROLD DALE DARNELLSergeant · January 20, 1970
- JAMES DARRYL FOXSpecialist Five · January 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD DALE DARNELLSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 48
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.