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Personal info

Full name
COOPER, Marvin R "Petty"
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Blue Ridge, Collin County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38079802
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
35th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 28 4

Immediate family

Members
John B. Cooper (father)
Mary N. Cooper (mother)
Nora Cooper (sister)
Bryan Cooper (brother)
Vester Cooper (brother)
Beulah Cooper (sister)
Raymond L. Cooper (brother)
F. D. Cooper (brother)
Floyd S. Cooper (brother)
Verdie Cooper (sister)

More information

Pfc Marvin R. Cooper enlisted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 13 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Lopez Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - RdFoster