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Personal info

Full name
COCHRAN, Johnnie William
Date of birth
16 February 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Newby, Creek County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Edna, Creek County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38591853
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Niedergailbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 44 13

Immediate family

Members
Elza J. Cochran (father)
Della D. (Alcorn) Cochran (mother)
Jessie L. Cochran (sister)
Elisia C. Cochran (sister)
Eartha J. Cochran (sister)
Nancy R. Cochran (sister)
Jeannette J. Cochran (sister)
Madeline M. (Carson) Cochran (wife)
Johnnie W. Cochran (son)

More information

Pfc Johnnie W. Cochran worked on a farm before he enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 13 December 1943.

He died in a hospital of an infected femer.

He was first buried in the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Robert E. Stanley Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
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