Charles R. "Dick" Cooley

This photograph, taken by Hugh Morrison, shows Charles R. “Dick” Cooley of Woodstock.

Cooley was born in 1925 and graduated from Woodstock High School in 1943. He was deployed to Korea in 1950 as part of the 2nd Infantry Division. Late in that year he was accidently shot in the foot and was evacuated to Japan. He recovered and returned to service.

After the war Charles Cooley returned to Woodstock. He died there in 1993.