Edwin Earl Cooper
Hospitalman
HMM-163, MAG-16, 1ST MAW, III MAF
United States Navy
Chula Vista, California
June 07, 1945 to February 24, 1967
EDWIN E COOPER is on the Wall at Panel 15E, Line 82

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Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
Through the great spaces in the sky.
Be with them always in the air,
In darkening storms or sunlight fair.
O hear us when we lift our prayer
For those in peril in the air.
From the Navy Hymn
("Eternal Father")

A note from The Virtual Wall

Five men of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 (HMM-163) died when their UH-34D (BuNo 150563) was shot down:
  • Major Albert Boyd Ayres, pilot
  • 1st Lt Charles Gilbert Mason, copilot
  • SSgt Paul Lawrence Vernon, aircrewman
  • Cpl Roger Allen Castle, aircrewman
  • HN Edwin Earl Cooper, Corpsman
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Medics on the Wall
memorial which honors the
Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

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