Service held for Ky. soldier

Service held for Ky. soldier
Herald-Leader Staff Report

A southeastern Kentucky soldier killed in Iraq was buried Sunday after a funeral in his hometown of Williamsburg.


Sgt. David K. Cooper's remains were laid to rest at Bowlin Cemetery in Jellico, Tenn., about 10 miles south of Williamsburg.


Cooper was killed Aug. 27 in Qadasiyah, Iraq, when his dismounted patrol unit came under small-arms fire.


Cooper, 25, was remembered as a "good, normal boy — free-smiling, easygoing," by Ed Bailey of Williamsburg, who had watched Cooper grow up.


"I don't know where our country keeps getting these heroes," Bailey said.


Cooper was a sergeant in the Forward Support Company, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas.
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