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WILLIE GENE COOPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1946 – June 28, 1968
Service recordWillie Gene Cooper, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 9
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 9
- ERNEST PETTWAY DAVISSergeant · June 28, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- WILLIAM NEAL DODSON JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- OSCAR REINA JUAREZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES TERRY COGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 8
- ERNEST PETTWAY DAVISSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 9
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN YARBROUGHCorporal · September 17, 1968
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.