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RICHARD LEE COOPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1944 – September 15, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Cooper, of Richmond Heights, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Richmond Heights, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 62
- FRANK WARREN CROSSChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 15, 1968
- JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRESSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- THOMAS F FLANIGAN IICaptain · September 15, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR GABRIELSENSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LILO ELMER ALDOUSCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 60
- FRANK WARREN CROSSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 44W, Line 62
- ROBERT L FOSTERSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 63
- HARRY B HAMBLETON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 64
- LARRY CRAIG HIGGINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 64
- GEORGE FREDERICK KEIPERSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 65
- DUANE JOSEPH KUEHNPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 65
From Richmond Heights
- CURTIS LEE WATSON JRCorporal · May 14, 1966
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- HEINRICH RUHLMANNSpecialist Four · May 11, 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.