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JAMES RICHARD COOPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1945 – May 12, 1971
Service recordJames Richard Cooper, of El Monte, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1971, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 33
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 33
- NATHAN LARRY LEESpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
- JAMES LEWIS SHEFFPrivate First Class · May 11, 1971
- GUY VICTOR FEARNSergeant · May 12, 1971
- EDELMIRO LEONEL GARCIA SRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1971
- ALLAN LOMBARD DUNNING JREnsign · October 19, 1973
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
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.