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Personal info

Full name
COTTRELL, Amos Kenneth
Date of birth
28 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Little Genesee, Allegany County, New York
Hometown
Rixford, McKean County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
42096501
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Hersfield, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 4 13

Immediate family

Members
John W. Cottrell (father)
Delilah M. (Brace) Cottrell (mother)
William W. Cotrell (brother)
John S. Cottrell (brother)
Hazel Cottrell (sister)
Elmer Cottrell (brother)
Wilferd J. Cottrell (brother)

More information

Pvt Amos K. Cottrell Otto-Eldred Junior Senior High School.

He enlisted on 27 July 1944 in Buffalo, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / Family Trees / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Otto-Eldred Junior Senior High School Yearbook 1941