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OSCAR EDMOND COOPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1940 – November 21, 1965
Service recordOscar Edmond Cooper, of Bel Air, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1940
- Home of record
- Bel Air, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 105
- BILLY JOE WILSONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- WILLIE FRANCIS JRLance Corporal · November 21, 1965
- WALTER CHARLES MILLERLance Corporal · November 21, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
From Bel Air
- MONTY NORRIS WILSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- GARY RAY SCHAFERLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- MAXIMILIAN HEINRI SIMMETHMajor · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 11, 1971
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.