United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Lieutenant Orville Dale Cooley served in the U.S. Navy. Orville served aboard USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63. Orville served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Orville was 30 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Accident in theatre
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
USS KITTY HAWK, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
1310: Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot)
RIVERTON, WY
1992
Pay grade O03. DCAS record DCAS-VN-010361.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
4
For service and achievement
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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Orville Dale Cooley
Lieutenant
U.S. Navy
- 1992
USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)
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