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SIDNEY HOMER COOLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – January 5, 1968
Service recordSidney Homer Cooler, of Burton, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 45
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Burton, South Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 45
- JOSE CAIQUEPCorporal · January 5, 1968
- JOHN RONALD CARLOCKPrivate · January 5, 1968
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · January 5, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES EARLESPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR JAMES EARLESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 45
- WILLIAM JAMES DESILETSSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 46
From Burton
- GLENN ALFRED CAILSpecialist Four · December 27, 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.