World War II Honoree

John R. 'J. R.' Cooper

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Perry, South Carolina

Honored By

Hazel K. Cooper

Relationship

Wife

VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE, EARLY 1941. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN EUROPE. PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY, FRANCE AT OMAHA BEACH, IN THE BATTLE FOR SAINT LO, FRANCE; AND IN THE ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE) CAMPAIGN. WOUNDED IN ACTION AND TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY THE GERMANS NEAR DUSSELDORF, GERMANY IN 1945. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.