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Personal info

Full name
COCHRANE, George Risely Jr
Date of birth
24 October 1911
Age
32
Place of birth
Berlin, Coos County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31374091
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
Fremifontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 6 21

Immediate family

Members
George R. Cochrane (father)
Ellen A. (Murray) Cochrane (mother)
Myrtie B. (Marshall) Cochrane (wife)
Karen Cochrane (daughter)

More information

Sgt George R. Cochrane attended and was a policeman before he enlisted in Manchester, New Hampshire, on 4 August 1943.

He is remembered at the Westlawn Cemetery in Goffstown, New Hampshire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, 1950 US Census, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Carol