RICHARD WALLER COOPER JR

              1W, 95

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RICHARD WALLER COOPER JR
is honored on Panel 1W, Row 95 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Full Name: RICHARD WALLER COOPER JR
Wall Name: RICHARD W COOPER JR
Date of Birth: 11/18/1942
Date of Casualty: 12/19/1972
Date of Death: 12/19/1972
Home of Record: SALISBURY
County of Record: WICOMICO COUNTY
State: MD
Branch of Service: AIR FORCE
Rank: MAJ
Casualty Country: NORTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: NZ
Status: MIA

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The following remembrances have been left at The Virtual Wall for RICHARD WALLER COOPER JR:

If I should die...remembrances for MAJ. Richard Waller COOPER, JR, USAF...who died for our country!! - Posted by
If I should die, and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undone, who keep long vigils by the …

Your Co-pilot - Posted by Robert A. McCraw
I was Dick's fellow crew member and friend for most of four years until just before the last TDY Linebacker …

Do not stand at my grave and weep - Posted by Bob Ross
Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am …

We Remember - Posted by Robert Sage
Richard is buried at Arlington Nat Cem.

Welcome Home Maj. Cooper - Posted by Bill Culver
I live just south of Salisbury, MD, received the Daily Times. I served in Naval Aviation for 10yrs prior to …

Welcome Home Major Richard Waller Cooper, Jr - Posted by Donald Lytle
Although we never met personally, I want to thank you Richard Waller Cooper, Jr., for your courageous and …

Not Forgotten - Posted by Candace Lokey
I have not forgotten you. I chair the Adoption Committee for The National League of Families of Prisoners …

Eagles - Posted by J.D. McBriety
His brother John Cooper and I went to Phimont Scout Ranch in 1963. John wore his brother Richard's boots. I …

Niece - Posted by Claire Cooper
Uncle Richard is still alive today in my family's memory. Though I never met him, I believe that he must …

To an old classmate - Posted by Dean DeLongchamp, Colonel, USAF, Retired
Dick Cooper was a fellow classmate in undergraduate navigator training school class 68-04. He was a very …


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