Private Cowboy in Full Metal Jacket

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Private Cowboy in Full Metal Jacket is a U.S. Marine infantryman who serves as a squad leader in the Vietnam War, embodying the film’s depiction of camaraderie, fear, and disillusionment in combat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Marine
fictional character
film character
infantryman
allegiance United States of America
surface form: United States
appearsIn Full Metal Jacket NERFINISHED
associatedWith 8-Ball (Full Metal Jacket character) NERFINISHED
Animal Mother (Full Metal Jacket character) NERFINISHED
Doc Jay (Full Metal Jacket character) NERFINISHED
Joker (Full Metal Jacket character) NERFINISHED
basedOn a character from the novel The Short-Timers
camouflagePattern U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam-era utilities
conflict Vietnam War
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Gustav Hasford NERFINISHED
Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Full Metal Jacket NERFINISHED
filmDirectorOfWork Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Full Metal Jacket (1987 film) NERFINISHED
gender male
genre war film
helmetInsignia U.S. Marine Corps emblem NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
medium feature film
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps
narrativeFunction embodies the ordinary Marine in Vietnam
illustrates the strain of leadership in combat
nationality American
occupation Marine rifleman
partOf platoon in Vietnam
portrayedBy Arliss Howard NERFINISHED
rank Private First Class
role squad leader
screenWriterOfWork Gustav Hasford NERFINISHED
Michael Herr NERFINISHED
Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED
serviceNumber fictional
setting Vietnam NERFINISHED
themeRepresentation camaraderie in combat
disillusionment with war
fear in combat
unitType infantry squad
weaponUsed M16 rifle NERFINISHED
yearOfFirstAppearance 1987

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Arliss Howard portrayed Private Cowboy in Full Metal Jacket