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TOMMY DALE COOPER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1948 – March 15, 1970
Service recordTommy Dale Cooper, of Haskell, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 130
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Haskell, Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- 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 March 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 130
- JOHN JOSEPH BOYD JRSergeant · March 15, 1970
- THOMAS RICHARD BREWERCorporal · March 15, 1970
- PAUL DAVID CARSONSergeant · March 15, 1970
- ISIDRO GARCIASpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
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.