J. Gary Cooper, first Black Marine officer to lead infantry company into combat, dead at 87
J. Gary Cooper, the first Black officer in the Marine Corps to lead an infantry company into combat, died Saturday at age 87.
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J. Gary Cooper, the first Black officer in the Marine Corps to lead an infantry company into combat, died Saturday at age 87.
Cooper became a reservist in 1970 and served in a variety of capacities and rising to the rank of major general in 1988, when he returned to active duty as director of personnel at the Marine Corps headquarters.
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