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Personal info

Full name
COOPER, Oliver James Sr
Date of birth
10 March 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Cobden, Union County, Illinois
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36896826
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 August 1944
Place of death
Near Soissons, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 36 44

Immediate family

Members
Isaac Cooper (father)
Mary E. (Hubs) Cooper (mother)
Eva M. Coper (sister)
Everett I. Cooper (brother)
Cecil C. Cooper (brother)
Sarah C. Cooper (sister)
Charlotte I. (Allen) Cooper (wife)
Patricia P. Cooper (daughter)
Shanon L. Cooper (daughter)
Sandra J. Cooper (daughter)
Oliver J. Cooper (son)
Judith R. Cooper (daughter)
Raymond Cooper (son)
Robert Cooper (son)

More information

Pvt Oliver J. Cooper Sr. was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Michigan Death Records / 1940 Census / Martin Bowers Family Tree, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy