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PVT James Alexander Cochran Jr.

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PVT James Alexander Cochran Jr. Veteran

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
6 Jun 1944 (aged 25)
Colleville, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Burial
Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot J Row 6 Grave 16
Memorial ID
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Son of James A Cochran Sr and Evelyn Katherine Goll. Killed on D-Day during the Normandy Landing. Graduate of Audubon High School, New Jersey. Survived by his mother and two brothers, Raymond (with the Quartermaster Corps in England) and Norman (serving with the Navy in the South Pacific)

Service # 32949970
Unit 37th Engineer Combat Battalion
Rank Private U.S. Army
Entered Service From New Jersey
Date of Death June 6 1944
Buried Plot J Row 6 Grave 16
Normandy American Cemetery
Recipient of the Purple Heart
Son of James A Cochran Sr and Evelyn Katherine Goll. Killed on D-Day during the Normandy Landing. Graduate of Audubon High School, New Jersey. Survived by his mother and two brothers, Raymond (with the Quartermaster Corps in England) and Norman (serving with the Navy in the South Pacific)

Service # 32949970
Unit 37th Engineer Combat Battalion
Rank Private U.S. Army
Entered Service From New Jersey
Date of Death June 6 1944
Buried Plot J Row 6 Grave 16
Normandy American Cemetery
Recipient of the Purple Heart

Inscription

PVT 37 ENGR COMBAT BN
NEW JERSEY




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  • Created by: Paula and Dale
  • Added: Nov 30, 2003
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8140211/james_alexander-cochran: accessed ), memorial page for PVT James Alexander Cochran Jr. (6 Sep 1918–6 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8140211, citing Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by Paula and Dale (contributor 46489742).