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Personal info

Full name
COOPER, William Dewain
Date of birth
8 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
Hometown
El Paso County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
17145336
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Christopher W. Cooper (father)
Vesta M. (Jamison) Cooper (mother)
Donald Cooper (brother)

More information

Pfc William D. Cooper graduated from Colorado Springs High School in 1940. He attended attended Colorado College for one year.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, Kirkland Family Tree, 1940 Census

Photo source: Astrid van Erp