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May 15, 2024 · May 15, 2024. J. Gary Cooper, a two-star general and the first African American to lead a Marine infantry company in combat, who later became an Alabama state lawmaker, an assistant...
May 16, 2024 · J. Gary Cooper, a two-star general and the first African American to lead a Marine infantry company in combat, who later became an Alabama state lawmaker, an assistant secretary of the Air Force and an ambassador to Jamaica, died on April 27 at his home in Mobile, Ala.
May 16, 2024 · Jerome Gary Cooper was the first black Marine officer to lead an infantry company in combat. He died on April 27 at the age of 87.
Jerome Gary Cooper (October 2, 1936 – April 27, 2024) was an officer of the United States Marine Corps who served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) from 1989 to 1992, and as United States Ambassador to Jamaica from 1994 to 1997.
Apr 30, 2024 · J. Gary Cooper, who died Saturday, had a stellar career that included rising to the rank of major general in the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as serving as a state legislator and U.S....
May 15, 2024 · J. Gary Cooper, pioneering Marine leader, dies at 87 May 15, 2024 perbinder His great-aunt Pearl Madison, the matriarch of the family, helped establish burial insurance companies and later funeral homes, an important industry for the black community in the 1920s.
Apr 30, 2024 · Gary is a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 100 Black Men of Greater Mobile, the Montford Point Marine Association, the NAACP - Unit 5044 and the Marine Corps League.
