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
appearsIn Full Metal Jacket
associatedWith 8-Ball (Full Metal Jacket character)
Animal Mother (Full Metal Jacket character)
Doc Jay (Full Metal Jacket character)
Joker (Full Metal Jacket character)
basedOn a character from the novel The Short-Timers
camouflagePattern U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam-era utilities
conflict Vietnam War
countryOfOriginOfWork United States
createdBy Gustav Hasford
Stanley Kubrick
fictionalUniverse Full Metal Jacket
filmDirectorOfWork Stanley Kubrick
firstAppearance Full Metal Jacket (1987 film)
linked to: Full Metal Jacket
gender male
genre war film
helmetInsignia U.S. Marine Corps emblem
linked to: Marine Corps emblem
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
rank Private First Class
role squad leader
screenWriterOfWork Gustav Hasford
Michael Herr
Stanley Kubrick
serviceNumber fictional
setting Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
themeRepresentation camaraderie in combat
disillusionment with war
fear in combat
unitType infantry squad
weaponUsed M16 rifle
yearOfFirstAppearance 1987

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Arliss Howard portrayed Private Cowboy in Full Metal Jacket