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Personal info

Full name
COOPER, Sam Parish
Date of birth
8 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Orange, Orange County, Texas
Hometown
Orange, Orange County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38546794
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Amance, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 63

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Cooper (father)
Lettie (Parish) Cooper (mother)
Earl Cooper (brother)
Romola Cooper (sister)
Jessie R. Cooper (sister)
Doris Cooper (sister)
Betty J. (Burton) Cooper (wife)

More information

Pfc Sam P. Cooper was employed at the Consolidated Steel Corporation before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headrick Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - James Durham
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Peggy