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JOHN OLIN COOPER III
Major · U.S. Army
December 4, 1929 – October 26, 1967
Service recordJohn Olin Cooper III, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 73
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 4, 1929
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 73
- RICHARD JAMES BROWNSergeant · October 26, 1967
- EDWARD CLEMCorporal · October 26, 1967
- ROBERT BRENDEN CRANESpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- ALEXANDER NICH DIGUARDIASpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ELMER ROBERT LEE ABLES JRSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 71
- JOSEPH ROBERT BECK JRSpecialist Five · Panel 28E, Line 72
- STEPHEN FREDERICK PETERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 76
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.