The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Clarence A. Cooper, RA16301599, who died in the service of his country on November 28th, 1950 in North Korea. The cause of death was listed as MIA to Declared Dead. At the time of his death Clarence was 21 years of age. He was from Hartford, Wisconsin. Clarence's Military Occupation Specialty was 4812-Heavy Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by PFC Clarence A. Cooper include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

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Corporal Cooper was a member of the Heavy Mortar Company, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 28, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Corporal Cooper was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.