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Personal info

Full name
COOPER, Raymond William
Date of birth
8 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Indian Head, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Deer Park, Garrett County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
35848829
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
254th Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
Jebsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 13 13

Immediate family

Members
William T. Cooper (father)
Ada M. (Ohler) Cooper (mother)
David T. Cooper (brother)
Junior E. Cooper (brother)
Clifford E. Cooper (brother)
Arvilla (Uphold) Cooper (1st wife)
Raymond E. Cooper (son)
James R. Cooper (son)
William G. Cooper (son)
Robert Cooper (son)
Barbara Cooper (daughter)
Ella M. (Bruce) Cooper (2nd wife)

More information

Pvt Raymond W. Cooper enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 31 January 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to the head and in his chest.

His brother, David T. Cooper, is buried at the American Military Cemetery and Memorial of Margraten, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Roger White Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com, Akron Beacon Journal - 16 June 2005
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy