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JAMES ENNIS COOPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1944 – May 8, 1968
Service recordJames Ennis Cooper, of Dublin, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 37
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Dublin, Georgia (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 37
- GEORGE THOMAS CONDREY IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 8, 1968
- LLOYD ALFORD CONEPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS CONNOLLYSergeant · May 8, 1968
- JOHN ALDEN COUNTAWAY JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
From Dublin
- JAMES ARTHUR STARLEYSergeant First Class · February 22, 1965
- EDWARD BYRON LINDSEYSpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
- WILLIAM CLYDE STINSON JRLieutenant Colonel · March 3, 1969
- GEORGE WAYNE BAKERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
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.