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ROY ELDON COOPER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1939 – July 30, 1968
Service recordRoy Eldon Cooper, of El Monte, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 24, 1939
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 34
- WILLIAM EDWARD BERZINECLieutenant Colonel · July 30, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK DELANEY IIICorporal · July 30, 1968
- CLIFFORD LEON ERVINCorporal · July 30, 1968
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
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.