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ROBERT KARL COOLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1948 – May 31, 1970
Service recordRobert Karl Cooley, of Norwich, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Norwich, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 123
- BENTON FRANCIS ASBURYMajor · May 31, 1970
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES BURRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1970
- JOSEPH PETER DASTOLICorporal · May 31, 1970
From Norwich
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · November 27, 1965
- FRANCIS CHARLES DONOHUEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- HAROLD RICHARD NIELSENCorporal · July 21, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- ALTON BROWNING SEBASTIANSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DONOVANPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GRILLO JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- AARON LIEB ROSENSTREICHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- WILLIAM LINCOLN MARCYSergeant · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HOWARDSergeant · June 10, 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.