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JOE COOPER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1948 – September 11, 1971
Service recordJoe Cooper, of Kenner, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Kenner, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 14
- MICHAEL JOHN KILDUFFSpecialist Four · September 11, 1971
- ALEJANDRO MAKINTAYAChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 11, 1971
- ALFRED JOSEPH TUTTLESpecialist Four · September 11, 1971
- ROBERT LEE GROOMSFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1971
From Kenner
- CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- JOSEPH STARNS KOPFLER IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH HEATHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · September 26, 1968
- RONNIE LOUIS POUNDSSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- JOHN PRESTON KARRFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 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.