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Personal info

Full name
COCHRUN, Donald Elza
Date of birth
13 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Clark County, Ohio
Hometown
Vienna, Clark County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35071162
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
22 April 1945
Place of death
Brandenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 9 1

Immediate family

Members
Frank P. Cochrun (father)
Amy P. (Shook) Cochrun (mother)
Glenn O. Cochrun (brother)
Eloise (Jones) Cochrun (wife)
Gary J. Cochrun (son)

More information

Pvt Donald E. Cochrun attended Plattsburg High School and was employed at the Air Service Command at Patterson Field.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 6 March 1944 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Pvt Cochrun was taken prisoner on 20 December 1944 and was held in Stalag III-A.

Pvt Cochrun was ill from undernourishment and succumbed shortly after he was liberated by Allied soldiers.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com , www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / De Camp Family Research

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - WWII Young American Patriots