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JAMES WILLIAM COOPER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1948 – May 19, 1968
Service recordJames William Cooper, of Nansemond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Nansemond, Virginia (Suffolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 7
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · May 19, 1968
- JESSIE FRANKLIN CROWPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- PAUL FREEMAN DANIELS JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE DAVIDSONLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
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.