Interview at FBI Lafayette Resident Agency re military service, parachuting and 1971 whereabouts
Interviewed 19 October 1976Dictated 20 October 1976Transcribed 26 October 1976
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Id: Cooper-Part-41:161-164
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-41:161-164 Document: FD-302 interview at FBI Lafayette Resident Agency re military service, parachuting and 1971 whereabouts Id: Cooper-Part-41:161-164 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-41%3A161-164 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 41 pp. 161–164 (DB Cooper-16174–16177), FD-302 interview, interviewed 19 Oct 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-41%3A161-164
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of transcription 10/26/76
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[REDACTED] was interviewed at the Lafayette Resident Agency and after being advised of the identity of interviewing Agents and the reason for the interview [REDACTED] was presented a Waiver of Rights Form which he read and signed and furnished the following information:
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[REDACTED] advised that in [REDACTED] he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was sent to Medical School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and subsequently went overseas to Korea and served as Ambulance Driver and Aideman with the Seventh Division of the U. S. Army. [REDACTED] advised that he returned to the Continental United States in [REDACTED] and was placed in the Eighth Division of the U. S. Army and served in the Quarter Master Branch and was then transferred to the Ninth Division Army where he served in the Ordnance Branch. [REDACTED] advised that in [REDACTED] he received an Honorable Discharge from the Military and he returned to his home in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and got a job driving an Over The Road Diesel Truck.
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[REDACTED] stated that in [REDACTED] from Sheldon, Iowa, and that he was [REDACTED] and then he [REDACTED] [REDACTED] currently lives in Sheldon, Iowa, and could be contacted through [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] continued that in [REDACTED] he returned to Military Service as an E-2 and went through basic training at Fort Ord, California, and subsequently was shipped to Fort Hood, Texas, where he was assigned in the Ordnance Branch at Fort Hood, Texas. [REDACTED] stated that he stayed at Fort Hood, Texas, and in the Army until [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and that at this time he was given a Dishonorable Discharge from the Army and was [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] stated that he [REDACTED] and since
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Interviewed on 10/19/76 at Lafayette, Louisiana File # NO 164-136 - 118 by SA [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] CGV:ebc Date dictated 10/20/76
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DB Cooper-16174 164-81 - 7721
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NO 164-136 CGV:ebc
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that time he has [REDACTED] stated that at no time while he was in the Military did he ever participate in any parachute training and that he has never jumped from a parachute in his life and would not even know how to put on a parachute.
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[REDACTED] continued that upon his [REDACTED] he went to work for Lake Charles Dredging and Towing and worked [REDACTED] and kept this job until the early part of 1971 and at this time he went to work for [REDACTED] Franks Flower Express Company and worked [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised that he kept this job until [REDACTED] and then he went to work for Williams Drilling Company in Baton Rouge and worked for approximately four months for them [REDACTED] [REDACTED] advised that his employ- ment with [REDACTED] could be confirmed at the [REDACTED] Franks Express Office in Beaumont, Texas, and that his employment with Williams Drilling Company in Baton Rouge could be confirmed with their office in Baton Rouge.
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[REDACTED] continued that after he left Williams Drilling Company he went to work with Chaffin Workover in New Iberia, Louisiana, for about four months and worked as [REDACTED] and subsequently quit this job and went to work with Penrod in Lafayette, Louisiana, for three or four months as [REDACTED] stated that in approximately [REDACTED] he went to work with Carr Truck Lines and worked for only one month as [REDACTED] and then quit this job to go to work for H. T. I. as [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and worked with H. T. I. in Lafayette for approximately three months. [REDACTED] stated that he then left H. T. I. and went to work with DSE, an oil company out of Omaha, Nebraska, whose headquarters are now in Little Rock, Arkansas, and he stayed on this job for approximately eleven months and then went to work with Dove Well Service for eight months in Lafayette. [REDACTED] advised that after this he went to work for Brazzel Well Service in New Iberia, Louisiana, and also worked at this job for about eight months until he got a job with Homco in [REDACTED] and continues to maintain this position
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DB Cooper-16175
NO 164-136 CGV:ebc
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as a [REDACTED] with Homco until the present time.
At this time [REDACTED] provided the following list of relatives:
Father [REDACTED]
Stepmother [REDACTED]
Brothers [REDACTED]
Half-brother [REDACTED]
Sister [REDACTED]
Sister [REDACTED]
Sister [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] advised that he had not seen [REDACTED] since 1963 when she resided in Las Vegas, Nevada, and that he visited her on one occasion in 1963, however, he understands that she currently resides in California, exact city unknown, and he has had no contact with her since 1963.
[REDACTED] advised that he has no knowledge whatso- ever of any hijacking of an aircraft and that he definitely
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DB Cooper-16176
NO 164-136 CGV:ebc
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could account for his presence during Thanksgiving of 1971 in that he was working for [REDACTED] at this time and that records and [REDACTED] log books for that time would account for his presence.
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The following description was obtained through observation and interview:
NAME [REDACTED] Race White Sex Male Date of Birth [REDACTED] Place of Birth [REDACTED] Address [REDACTED] Lafayette, Louisiana [REDACTED] Height 5'11" Weight 215 pounds Hair Dark brown Eyes Blue Scars [REDACTED] Social Security Account Number [REDACTED] Arrest [REDACTED]
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DB Cooper-16177
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Serials: NO 164-136