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Personal info

Full name
COOPER, Joe Lamar
Date of birth
26 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33772935
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 49

Immediate family

Members
Daniel O. Cooper Jr. (father)
Sarah A. (Duenger) Cooper (mother)
Elizabeth S. Cooper (sister)
Daniel O. Cooper III (brother)
Marlin R. Cooper (brother)
Elaine Cooper (sister)
Donald Cooper (brother)

More information

Pvt Joe L. Cooper was sent overseas on 9 November 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / McCarty Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - PJ Bettinger