Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Claude David Cooper.

Unit/Placed in, USS New Orleans (CA-32), Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

Claude is born approx. no record.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Claude enlisted the service in Oklahoma with service number # 6287890.

Claude was KIA during the Battle for Tassafaronga (Solomons Islands) on Nov. 29, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Claude is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/032/04032.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  Air-Force, Rolland Swank NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society,http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/   

Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org    

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