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ROBERT LEE COOPER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1930 – May 21, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Cooper, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 86 ENG BN 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1930
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 64
- ERNEST LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
- PATRICK REGAN DIEHLCorporal · May 21, 1969
- MICHAEL KENNETH L DIXONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CAREY LEE DOBSONLance Corporal · May 21, 1969
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.