Eli Cooper

Eli Cooper is an American USMC Machine gunner, part of Jim Miller's squad during the Vietnam War.

Early Life
Eli was born on May 9th 1941 to a small family living in his familie's Ranch. Eli's farther would join the millitary soon after his birth to fight in the pacific front of ww2 and return home after a few tours. In 1951 Eli's Family sells their ranch and move into a small rural town.

School Life
Eli struggled to make friends in school, often bullied by the kids for having just moved in and being a son of a farmer. However Eli managed to make friends with an african american kid of his age, Marcel, who did not attend his school, but could often be found walking around that area. This only made Eli a bigger target for bullying however he would never understand why. In 1953 on a walk home Eli would see a crowd gathered around the smoking ruins of a house, the house of his friend Marcel. This would mark the last time he would ever see him again. Marcel's house had been firebombed that day by Local Klansmen, Marcel and his mother perished in the blaze but his farther survived and ran away from the town. A few years after this Eli managed to settle into the school well and started to get along with his peers.

Vietnam War
On April 4th 1965 Eli enlisted into the United States Marine Corp to fight in Vietnam in hopes to impress his ww2 veteran Farther, however, he was not as impressed as Eli hoped. He would remain for multiple tours. He served mostly in the squad of Jim Miller as a machinegunner.

After the war
Its not entirely known what happened after the war for Eli but he did manage to make it out alive but not entirely the same. Having fought through the majority of the war he would develop a significant personality change from the trauma. He would adopt a lifestyle similar to that of the hippies of the time, trying to forget the past and move on living in peace and comfort.

Personality
Before joining and early in the war Eli was a disciplined and respectful but would occasionally gain an attitude when it comes down to something he dislikes. He treats his fellow soldiers equally but grew a quick disliking to Jimmy for his antagonistic attitude. Mid way through the war Eli would become far more numb and agressive at times from the ammount of combat experience he would gain.