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ROBERT WAYNE COOPER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1951 – August 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Wayne Cooper, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 112
- GARY WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
- ROBERT LYNN DANCEFirst Lieutenant · August 8, 1969
- PEDRO DEHERRERAFirst Sergeant · August 8, 1969
- BRUCE ALLEN EAMICKSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT DUNARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 113
- DENNIS JOSEPH GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 113
- MANUEL FRANCISCO PARRASergeant · Panel 20W, Line 115
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.