Cooper Brannan Military person

Nels Cooper Brannan (born November 7, 1984 in Houston, Texas) is a former US Marine who briefly played minor league baseball for the San Diego Padres. Brannan, who as a Corporal in the United States Marines lost his pinky finger on his left hand (his non pitching hand) while serving in Iraq.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 07, 1984
Birth place
Houston , Texas , United States

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Military person

award
Combat Action Ribbon
Good Conduct Medal (United States)
National Defense Service Medal
Sea Service Ribbon
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
military operations
Iraq War
military branch
United States Marine Corps
service start2003
service end2011

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External resources

  1. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=2882419&page=1
  2. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-mlb_07_cooper030507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns