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Personal info

Full name
COCKRELL, Lloyd Lee
Date of birth
28 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Lampasas County, Texas
Hometown
Lampasas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38075647
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
The woods near the Rocherath Strasse, north of Krinkelt on the Belgian-German border

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Henry Cockrell (father)
Sarah F. (Harper) Cockrell (mother)
Ellis Cockrell (brother)
Henry Cockrell (brother)
Jean E. Cockrell (sister)
Jewell Cockrell (sister)
Estelle Cockrell (sister)
Frances Cockrell (sister)
Eunice Cockrell (sister)
Bessie Cockrell (sister)
Dora E. Cockrell (sister)
Bessie R. Cockrell (sister)
Della M. (Comal) Cockrell (wife)

More information

Pfc Lloyd L. Cockrell graduated from Lampasas High School in 1932.

He enlisted at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 6 February 1942. He was sent overseas in Octobe, 1943. He landed at the Normandy beachhead on 7 June 1944.
He had been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in France.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - San Antonio Light 22 October 1944 / 1910/1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, The Austin American - 27 January 1946

Photo source: www.findagrave.com