Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 24-Dec-1939
Hometown: El Monte, California
Marital status: Married to Linda S. Cooper, two sons, one daughter
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 15-Oct-1962
Start of tour: 22-Jun-1968
Incident date: Unknown
Date of casualty: 30-Jul-1968
Age at death: 28
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of illness/injury. Vehicle Crash (MC). Vehicle loss or crash.
Roy Eldon Cooper died from injuries received while a passenger in military vehicle when vehicle crashed. Individual was admitted to a military hospital, placed on the Serious Injury (SI) list subsequently placed on the Very Serious Injury (VSI) List where he later expired. (Individual was admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, and later expired.)
Location of fatality: Bien Hoa, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Brush Creek Cemetery, Brush Creek, Arkansas, USA
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