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NAPOLEN KELLY COOPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1947 – February 14, 1967
Service recordNapolen Kelly Cooper, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Rocky Mount, North Carolina (Edgecombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 27
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- EDWARD FRANKLIN RUSHINGStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1967
- MARCUS SHARPE TURNER JRCaptain · February 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACOB H CUNNINGHAM IIISpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 28
- RAYMOND LEONARD HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 28
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 28
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 28
- OSCAR E RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 29
- NORMAN REX REAGANPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 29
- RAYMOND WILKIE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 29
From Rocky Mount
- THOMAS HENRY MAULTSBY JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1964
- GEORGE FOXESpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ROSCOE L VICKSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HUGH REAVIS NELSON JRCaptain · June 5, 1966
- JESSE JAMES DIXONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- MACK DANIEL SIMMONS IIISpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CARL DOUGLAS DUDLEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- CURTIS LEE KENNEDYSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- WILLIAM DARRELL JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 19, 1968
- CHARLIE R STRICKLAND JRSergeant · March 6, 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.