Aviation Cadet, Army Air Corps, WW2-Cadet Cooper was killed in an aerial crash at Hammond, Louisiana on 6-14-1943.
He is the son of Mr. Glen E. & Mrs. Eva Cooper of 417 Santa Fe Street in Chillicothe, Illinois, and is a 1940 graduate of Chillicothe H.S., and did 2 years at the Unv. of Illinois School of Engineering, and enlisted at Chanute Field, Illinois on April 22, 1942, and did his training at Maxwell Field, Alabama, and at Helena, Arkansas.
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal.
Footnote: General Henry "Hap" Arnold bestowed the Wings to the family later in the year.
Aviation Cadet, Army Air Corps, WW2-Cadet Cooper was killed in an aerial crash at Hammond, Louisiana on 6-14-1943.
He is the son of Mr. Glen E. & Mrs. Eva Cooper of 417 Santa Fe Street in Chillicothe, Illinois, and is a 1940 graduate of Chillicothe H.S., and did 2 years at the Unv. of Illinois School of Engineering, and enlisted at Chanute Field, Illinois on April 22, 1942, and did his training at Maxwell Field, Alabama, and at Helena, Arkansas.
Awards: Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal.
Footnote: General Henry "Hap" Arnold bestowed the Wings to the family later in the year.
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Glenn Everett Cooper
1896–1949
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Eva Mae Miller Cooper
1898–1980
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