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Robert
Gibson
Cooper
POW (WWII) KIA

Born:

, 

Connecticut

Robert Cooper graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1940.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    1942 – Died in Captivity

    Captain (Coast Artillery Corps) Robert Gibson Cooper (ASN: 0-22894), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death in captivity on or about 9 January 1945.