THE WALL OF FACES

Former MIA Col. William Earl Cooper, U. S. Air Force, has his name chiseled into one of the "Courts of the Missing" (Vietnam War Section, Court "A" (Air Force)) at the Honolulu Memorial in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (the "Punchbowl") on the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii. See the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) website at this link:

https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/cooper%3Dwilliam-10

Information about the shoot-down of an F-105D Thunderchief jet aircraft from the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron based at Korat RTAB piloted by the Squadron Commander, former MIA Lt. Col. * William Earl Cooper, U. S. Air Force, in Southeast Asia (SEA) (over North Vietnam) on 24 April 1966 is available at this link/URL on the Vietnam Air Losses website:

https://www.vietnamairlosses.com/loss.php?id=548

While in MIA status, the U.S. Air Force promoted Lt. Col. Cooper to Colonel along with his USAF contemporaries.

Information about former MIA Col. William Earl Cooper, U. S. Air Force, from the POW Network website is at this link:

http://pownetwork.org/bios/c/c058.htm

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. I am heartened you were returned home after the passage of so many years. May you rest in eternal peace.

COL William Earl "Coop" Cooper is buried in Section 60, site 10904 of the Arlington National Cemetery.

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

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