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WILLIAM COOLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1937 – February 9, 1966
Service recordWilliam Cooley, of Woburn, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1937
- Home of record
- Woburn, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 20
- JOHN DAVID BOWMAN IIISergeant · February 9, 1966
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DAVID BOWMAN IIISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 20
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 20
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 21
- WILLIAM DAVID SETTLEMIREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 21
From Woburn
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE DREWPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- EDWARD STEPHEN OBRIENSeaman · December 4, 1967
- RUSSELL WILLIS NOYESLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- CHARLES LEO ONEILL JRCorporal · July 19, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GERRISHHospitalman · September 7, 1968
- JOHN RALPH FRONGILLOWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD KENNEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCCORMACKPrivate · September 2, 1969
- CHARLES MCMAHON JRCorporal · April 29, 1975
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.