Joseph Cooper
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Serial: 32487169
Unit: 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Burial: Plot C, Row 25, Grave 38 — Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold, France
Awards: Purple Heart
Biography
Private First Class Joseph Cooper, 22, of 6903 Park Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ, was killed in action on September 25, 1944. A 1939 graduate of Gloucester High School, Cooper had worked as a plumber’s helper prior to entering the Army in January of 1943. He had played baseball with the St. Philip’s Baseball Club of Gloucester City and the Pennsauken Baseball Club. Joseph Cooper went overseas in August of 1944, serving with the 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division. He was survived by Mr. and Mrs. John Finney, his grandparents, of the Pennsauken, NJ address.