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COOPER, Earl Thomas - Date of
birth
5 May 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio -
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-667950 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
567th Bombardment Squadron,
389th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 January 1944 - Place of
death
Sully-la-Chapelle, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 22 | 15 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Thomas D. A. Cooper (father)
Alice (May) Cooper (mother)
Melvin O. Cooper (brother)
Ina M. Cooper (sister)
Myrtle E. Cooper (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-63977 -
Data
Type: B-24D
Nickname: Los Angeles City Limits
Destination: Ludwigshafen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the chemical factory
MACR: 1854
More information
1st Lt Earl T. Cooper was an engineer before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Los Angeles, California on 16 December 1941.Multiple bombers were shot down by German fighters on the return flight, including this airplane. It went down at about 13:15 hrs.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sutton Randall Family Tree, www.fold3.com – MACR, www.findagrave.com – John Dowdy, www.uswarmemorials.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy