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Personal info

Full name
COZBY, James Franklin
Date of birth
14 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Dublin, Erath County, Texas
Hometown
Devol, Cotton County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
6227394
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Near Honskirch, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 44 26

Immediate family

Members
James F. Cozby (father)
Berta M. (Bryant) Cozby (mother)
Raymond H. Cozby (brother)
Reece B. Cozby (brother)
Leroy Cozby (brother)
Doris A. (Parker) Cozby (wife)
Franklin L. Cozby (son)

More information

T/Sgt James F. Cozby attended high school for four years and worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army on 30 August 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire to his stomach.

He was first buried at 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 / Triplett Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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