Son of Trudie and Hizer Cooper
Private First Class, Rifleman, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps; Vietnam. He is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC; VVM Wall, Panel 15w, Line 71
...On Dec.19, 1969, James's squad once more set out to patrol the road between An Hoa and Da Nang. Nearing that same small village again, they were walking along a rice paddy dike when James stepped on a booby trapped 105mm round which was hidden beneath a concealed sand bag. As it detonated, James received massive shrapnel wounds from the blast and was killed instantly. He was 21 years old.
James's body was returned to the U.S. and buried with full military honors in Hazard Hill Cemetery in Waycross. Although James was only in Vietnam for 137 days, he was decorated with an array of awards: the Purple Heart Medal With 1 Gold Star (meaning he had been wounded in combat twice); the Combat Action Ribbon; the Ntional Defense Service Medal; the Vietnam Service Medal With 1 Star; the Republic Of Vietnam Campaign Medal; the Gold Star Lapel Button; the Military Merit Medal; and the Republic Of Vietnam Gallantry Cross With Palm....
from article in Waycross Journal Herald 12/16/2009
By JODEE GIBSON
Private First Class, Rifleman, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps; Vietnam. He is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC; VVM Wall, Panel 15w, Line 71
...On Dec.19, 1969, James's squad once more set out to patrol the road between An Hoa and Da Nang. Nearing that same small village again, they were walking along a rice paddy dike when James stepped on a booby trapped 105mm round which was hidden beneath a concealed sand bag. As it detonated, James received massive shrapnel wounds from the blast and was killed instantly. He was 21 years old.
James's body was returned to the U.S. and buried with full military honors in Hazard Hill Cemetery in Waycross. Although James was only in Vietnam for 137 days, he was decorated with an array of awards: the Purple Heart Medal With 1 Gold Star (meaning he had been wounded in combat twice); the Combat Action Ribbon; the Ntional Defense Service Medal; the Vietnam Service Medal With 1 Star; the Republic Of Vietnam Campaign Medal; the Gold Star Lapel Button; the Military Merit Medal; and the Republic Of Vietnam Gallantry Cross With Palm....
from article in Waycross Journal Herald 12/16/2009
By JODEE GIBSON
Son of Trudie and Hizer Cooper
Private First Class, Rifleman, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps; Vietnam. He is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC; VVM Wall, Panel 15w, Line 71
...On Dec.19, 1969, James's squad once more set out to patrol the road between An Hoa and Da Nang. Nearing that same small village again, they were walking along a rice paddy dike when James stepped on a booby trapped 105mm round which was hidden beneath a concealed sand bag. As it detonated, James received massive shrapnel wounds from the blast and was killed instantly. He was 21 years old.
James's body was returned to the U.S. and buried with full military honors in Hazard Hill Cemetery in Waycross. Although James was only in Vietnam for 137 days, he was decorated with an array of awards: the Purple Heart Medal With 1 Gold Star (meaning he had been wounded in combat twice); the Combat Action Ribbon; the Ntional Defense Service Medal; the Vietnam Service Medal With 1 Star; the Republic Of Vietnam Campaign Medal; the Gold Star Lapel Button; the Military Merit Medal; and the Republic Of Vietnam Gallantry Cross With Palm....
from article in Waycross Journal Herald 12/16/2009
By JODEE GIBSON
Private First Class, Rifleman, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps; Vietnam. He is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC; VVM Wall, Panel 15w, Line 71
...On Dec.19, 1969, James's squad once more set out to patrol the road between An Hoa and Da Nang. Nearing that same small village again, they were walking along a rice paddy dike when James stepped on a booby trapped 105mm round which was hidden beneath a concealed sand bag. As it detonated, James received massive shrapnel wounds from the blast and was killed instantly. He was 21 years old.
James's body was returned to the U.S. and buried with full military honors in Hazard Hill Cemetery in Waycross. Although James was only in Vietnam for 137 days, he was decorated with an array of awards: the Purple Heart Medal With 1 Gold Star (meaning he had been wounded in combat twice); the Combat Action Ribbon; the Ntional Defense Service Medal; the Vietnam Service Medal With 1 Star; the Republic Of Vietnam Campaign Medal; the Gold Star Lapel Button; the Military Merit Medal; and the Republic Of Vietnam Gallantry Cross With Palm....
from article in Waycross Journal Herald 12/16/2009
By JODEE GIBSON
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