Rank and Name, Technical Sergeant Garret T. Cooper Jr.

Unit/Placed in,1838^th Ordnance Company, Aviation .

Garret is born approx. 1914 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Father, Garret T. Cooper.

Mother, Harriet L. Cooper.

Sister, Margaret L. Cooper.

Brothers Thomas C. and Robert G. Cooper, .

Garret enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 32571195.

Garret died of his wounds at Leyte, Philippines sustained in a accident (no record) on Dec. 7, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to 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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