PFC Glenn Ellsworth Cooper

courtesy of Mary Denzinger

PFC Glenn Ellsworth Cooper was born 31 Oct 1912 in Jackson Center, Pennsylvania to Stanley Augustus and Laura Irene (Hodge) Cooper.  His father was a coal miner and worked in road construction.

Glenn went into service in May 1942.  Sent overseas, he was assigned to I Company 116th Infantry and landed with that unit on 6 Jun 1944 on Omaha Beach.  PFC Cooper was killed in action on 15 Jul 1944. 

PFC Cooper is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania.