Daniel O. Cooper

Daniel O. Cooper enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve on Mar. 20, 1944.

He served at the rank of private first class as a 20 mm. gunner with the Marine Detachment aboard the battleship USS North Carolina in the Pacific Theater.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal.

He was honorably discharged on Jan. 22, 1946.

Source: Hometown Heroes:  The Saint Louis County World War II Project, page 61.

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