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SSGT Edward Cox Cooper

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SSGT Edward Cox Cooper Veteran

Birth
Bloomington, Magoffin County, Kentucky, USA
Death
28 Aug 1944 (aged 28)
Gouesnou, Departement du Finistère, Bretagne, France
Burial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France GPS-Latitude: 48.5197694, Longitude: -1.3046722
Plot
Block L Row 4 Grave 11
Memorial ID
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #33751698

Enlistment Date: 12/16/1943

Entered the Service from: District Of Columbia

9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division

Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster


Edward C. Cooper is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Washington, District Of Columbia.


U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, lists cause of death as artillery shell fragments to the face, forehead and frontal region.


U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as 2642 Colerain, Cincinnati, Ohio. Contact Person is Mrs. Dorothy Cooper (Wife) of same address. Employer is Central Baking Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.


U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:


Mrs. Dorothy Cooper

270 Dorchester Avenue

Cincinnati, Ohio


***I would like to thank Royzee Find A Grave ID 50433288 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***


***I would like to thank Ronan Urvoaz Find A Grave ID 46858540 for updating the middle name and DOB/DOD information on this memorial***

U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #33751698

Enlistment Date: 12/16/1943

Entered the Service from: District Of Columbia

9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division

Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster


Edward C. Cooper is listed as Died Non-Battle in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Washington, District Of Columbia.


U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, lists cause of death as artillery shell fragments to the face, forehead and frontal region.


U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, lists his residence as 2642 Colerain, Cincinnati, Ohio. Contact Person is Mrs. Dorothy Cooper (Wife) of same address. Employer is Central Baking Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.


U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 lists the name and address of his Next of Kin as:


Mrs. Dorothy Cooper

270 Dorchester Avenue

Cincinnati, Ohio


***I would like to thank Royzee Find A Grave ID 50433288 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***


***I would like to thank Ronan Urvoaz Find A Grave ID 46858540 for updating the middle name and DOB/DOD information on this memorial***



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  • Maintained by: Eric Ackerman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56349734/edward_cox-cooper: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Edward Cox Cooper (21 May 1916–28 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56349734, citing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).