US PARAS 2 Cooley, Monte Ray

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Cooley ​

• FORENAME

Monte Ray ​

• UNIT

3rd Brigade,101st Airborne Division (Recon Platoon,HQ and HQ Company) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

18766102 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

18th March 1968 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

Kermit Cemetery,Kermit,Winkler County,Texas ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Kermit,Texas​

born 7.10.1947 San Angelo,Tom Green County,Texas​

son of Forrest E. and Pauline (nee Norman) Cooley​

single​

grew up Mentone and Pecos,Texas and Carlsbad,New Mexico​

graduated Kermit High School 1966​

attended Odessa College​

1 year service​

parachutist​

82 + 101 Airborne Divisions​

promoted Cpl posthumously​

award Bronze Star with V device​

KIA Binh Duong Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 45E Line 19​

Permian Basin Vietnam Memorial,Midland,Texas​

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