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Personal info

Full name
COCKRUM, Donald W
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Grainger County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34140156
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 45 24

Immediate family

Members
Bob C. Cockrum (father)
Nora C. Cockrum (mother)
Catherine Cockrum (sister)
Boyd Cockrum (brother)
George Cockrum (brother)
James Cockrum (brother)
Agnes Cockrum (sister)

More information

Pfc Donald W. Cockrum worked as a farmhand before he joined the Regular Army at Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia on 29 May 1941.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census , A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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