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Personal info

Full name
COTTLE, Eugene E
Date of birth
15 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Clay County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38503456
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Petite-Langlire, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 6 45

Immediate family

Members
Ora C. Cottle (father)
Sarah B. (Lamb) Cottle (mother)
Elton Cottle (brother)
King C. Cottle (brother)
Hulda J. Cottle (sister)
Maxine Cottle (brother)
Dennis Cottle (brother)
Laura M. Cottle (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Eugene E. Cottle enlisted on 30 November 1942 at Sacramento, California.

He was promoted from private to sergeant on 22 July 1944 and to staff sergeant on 27 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Jenkins Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/heroes/serial/38503456, www.findagrave.com - Patricia Gilliland Devoti,

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/heroes/serial/38503456