Rank and Name, Ship’s Cook First Class George Ray. Cooper.

Unit/Placed in, USS Langley (CV-1) Carrier, United States Navy.

George is born approx. 1908 in Arkansas.

Father, Louis Cooper.

Mother, Mary Cooper.

Sisters, Daisy, Lola and Opal Cooper.

George enlisted the service in Arkansas with service number # 3716590.

George was KIA when the USS Langley was attacked by the whole Japanese Invasion Fleet on Feb. 22, 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.

George 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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