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Personal info

Full name
COCHRAN, Walter H
Date of birth
31 August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33071461
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
Service Company,
10th Tank Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Mettendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Harry C. Cochran (father)
Eloise Cochran (mother)
Harry R. Cochran (brother)
Virginia Cochran (sister)
Sarah J. Cochran (sister)

More information

T/4 Walter H. Cochran attended 3 years of high school and worked as a welder for the Troop Water Heater Co.
He enlisted at Camp Lee, Virginia on 21 June 1941.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment record, www.ancestry.com – Veteran compensation file / 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com, www.5ad.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com – The Pittsburgh Press, 17 October 1944