Army Spc. Chris Cooper "wasn't one to bark orders or treat you ... like he was better than you," a friend says. (U.S. Army)
Army Spc. Chris Cooper dies in Iraq at 28
Infantry team leader was killed in noncombat-related incident.
By Jack Leonard
February 7, 2010
In late 2004, Chris Cooper left the Marine Corps after four years of service, deciding to give civilian life a chance.
At one point, living in Oceanside, Cooper worked for a contractor renovating homes and commercial buildings. But military ways were hard to shake.
When he made a mistake on the job site, he would punish himself by doing push-ups, recalled Dave Moffat, the contractor who employed Cooper and rented him a room. At home, Cooper practiced packing a backpack and singing military cadences in his room.
"He couldn't escape it," Moffat said. "It was in his blood."
Fifteen months after leaving the Marines, Cooper enlisted in the Army as an infantryman.
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