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ROBERT GEAN COOPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1947 – August 14, 1968
Service recordRobert Gean Cooper, of Azusa, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 13
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Azusa, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 13
- DALLAS LEMON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- STEVE DONALD LEEPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- BARRY ARTHUR MANTHEYCorporal · August 14, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT IRWIN BROWNCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 10
- RODRIGUEZ PEDRO J CAMACHOSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- GARY LEE MALOYSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 12
- LEO LARRY HADLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 12
- SCOTT D HENRYCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 12
- STEVE DONALD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- JOHN BRUCE MULARZSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 14
- DANIEL LEO NEUBURGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 14
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- ROBERT JOHN SANTOROSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 15
- FRANCIS ANTHONY SCHWARZPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- HENRYK TADUESZ SULATYCKISergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 16
From Azusa
- FRED LEWIS PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE WASHBURNSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- RONNY LEROY PALMERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- FRANK GONZALES ROMOSergeant · June 17, 1967
- FAGALII LAITA LEATUTUFUStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- JOE LUNA JRSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- WILLIAM EARVIN PIERCELance Corporal · February 13, 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.