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Personal info

Full name
COBBLE, Marion Earl
Date of birth
12 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Allons, Overton County, Tennessee
Hometown
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34881678
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Schevenhütte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 3 69

Immediate family

Members
Jeff D. Cobble (father)
Alta R. (Pennington) Cobble (mother)
Bill E. Cobble (brother)
James Cobble (brother)
Barilla J. Cobble (sister)
Cleo Cobble (sister)
Edna Cobble (sister)

More information

Wounded previously in France on June 25, Private Cobble entered the service in March, 1943 and had been overseas since March of 1944. He attended Fiske Academy and Hilham, Tenn. and prior to entering the army he was employed by the American Bread Company.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.history.army.mil, www.newspapers.com - The Tennessean, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet