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JAMES RALPH COOPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – October 31, 1968
Service recordJames Ralph Cooper, of West Islip, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- West Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 63
- PHILIP J BATTAGLIA JRFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- STEVEN IKE CAVINChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 31, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- ANTONIO H DELA CERDA JRSergeant · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTONIO H DELA CERDA JRSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 63
- JOHN THOMPSON STIMSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 69
From West Islip
- DANIEL RUSSELL NIDDSStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN MONAHANPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK POSTCorporal · September 3, 1968
- LEONARD SELANIKIOCaptain · September 6, 1968
- VAUGHN DAVID CONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · March 20, 1969
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
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.