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Personal info

Full name
COCKREL, Wilburn Edward
Date of birth
27 April 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois
Hometown
Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37639801
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 February 1945
Place of death
Near Fraulautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 34

Immediate family

Members
Walter W. Cockrel (father)
Lelia (Fisher) Cockrel (mother)
Hoy A. Cockrel (brother)
Herman C. Cockrel (brother)
Hallie Cockrel (sister)
Bernard F. Cockrel (brother)
Mildred E. Cockrel (sister)
Susie Cockrel (sister)
Russell W. Cockrel (brother)
James Cockrel (brother)
Vernita F. Cockrel (sister)
Robert A. Cockrel (brother)
Ruth F. Cockrel (sister)
Martha Cockrel (wife)
Wilburn A. Cockrel (son)
Beverly A. Cockrel (daughter)

More information

Pvt Wilburn E. Cockrel was a driver before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 2 May 1944.

He died in a field hospital from the effects of artillery shell fragments, resulting in an amputation of his leg.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Cockrel Family Tree, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Wilburn Cockrel / Astrid, www.newspapers.com – The Sikeston Herald 3 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Sikeston Herald 3 May 1945