Otis Earl Cooper wasthe son of Robert Ernest Cooper and Anna Nancy Dishman. He was the brother of Roxie Cooper, Silva Cooper, Leoma Cooper, Neil Cooper, Glendora Cooper, and John Eugene Cooper. Otis enlisted on December 14, 1943 in Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Died in Luxembourg
Clinton Courier News, January 4, 1945
Word was received Dec. 17 by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cooper of Powell Station RFD 2 (Anderson county) that their son, Pfc. Otis E. Cooper, had been wounded seriously in France on Dec. 3. Pfc. Cooper had been in service a year and overseas only two months.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 10 March 1920
- Date of death: 14 January 1945
- County: Knox
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division
- Theater: Europe
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Zion Cemetery, Anderson County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XIV, Middle Panel
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