Rank and Name, Fireman Second Class Dale Cooper Jr..

Unit/Placed in, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

Dale is born approx. 1926 in California.

Father, Dale Cooper.

Mother, Ethel Cooper.

Dale enlisted the service in California with service number # 8888412.

Dale was KIA when the USS Indianapolis was Torpedoed by the Japanese Submarine I-58 on July 30, 1945, 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.

Dale 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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