Staff Sergeant William Joseph Cochran, Army serial number 12131579, was born at Covington, Tioga County, Pennsylvania on February 8, 1921. His mother was Helen Louise (Cochran) Swan (4 Jul 1906 – 2 May 1978), who was born at Covington and graduated from high school there in 1923. His mother married William Aden Swan (11 Aug 1904 – 26 May 1983) at Wellsburg, Chemung County, New York on October 20, 1928. By 1941 the family resided at Elmira, Chemung County, New York, and he had three half siblings: Lois Ann (Swan) Eddy (27 Nov 1931 – 24 Mar 2006), Jack Ray Swan (21 Dec 1933 – 27 Jun 2005), and Gordon E. Swan (abt 1936 – ).
He registered for the draft at Elmira, New York on February 15, 1942. He was 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed 155 pounds, and had gray eyes and brown hair. At that time he lived with his family at 809 West Second Street in Elmira and worked for the Remington Rand Company on South Main Street. He completed three years of high school and was employed as a semiskilled metal worker. He was single, without dependents, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at Elmira, New York on September 8, 1942.
He married after enlisting. His wife was Eunice Martha Cochran (23 May 1925 – 13 Jul 2005). In 1944 his wife lived at 1001 West Sixth Street, Sioux City, Iowa. She married Vincent S. Hunt of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa on August 20, 1947. She died at Sergeant Bluff, Iowa in 2005.
He completed Army Air Forces radio operator and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned to the heavy bomber crew of Second Lieutenant Charlton A. Deuschle. The Deuschle crew completed B-17 operational training at Sioux City, Iowa in June 1944. They deployed from Kearney, Nebraska in a B-17 via the north Atlantic ferry route on June 15, 1944, and arrived in England on June 30, 1944. They inprocessed at the Combat Crew Replacement Center at Bovingdon, England in early July 1944, and were assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group on July 24, 1944. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. Here is Lt Deuschle's crew roster on August 5, 1944:
B-17G 43-38007 – 838th Bomb Squadron
• Deuschle, Charlton A – 2/Lt – Pilot – POW
• Steffens, Eugene F – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Underwood, Allan B – 2/Lt – Navigator – KIA
• Gregory, Jesse E – 2/Lt – Bombardier – KIA
• Late, Carl L – T/Sgt – Engineer – KIA
• Cochran, William J – S/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Hinkson Jr, Harry M – Sgt – Tail Gunner – KIA
• Deelaney, Grady E – Sgt – Ball Turret Gunner – KIA
• Haglund, John L – Sgt – Waist Gunner – KIA
• Crooker, Robert J – Sgt – Waist Gunner – POW
S/Sgt Cochran and seven of his crewmates were killed in action on August 5, 1944 when their aircraft, B-17G 43-38007, was shot down by flak on a mission to bomb an aircraft engine factory at Magdeburg, Germany. The aircraft received direct hits just before bombs away, and exploded within seconds. The fuselage broke apart aft of the ball turret, and part of the right wing came off. Most of the men were either killed instantly, or were ejected from the aircraft without their chutes. The aircraft crashed near Lostau, Germany, about 13 kilometers southwest of Burg, near Magdeburg. (The Germans reported that it crashed between Gerwisch and Biederitz, just south of Lostau—vicinity of 52.173°N, 11.731°E.) Pilot 2/Lt Deuschle and gunner Sgt Robert J. Crooker survived and became prisoners of war. The dead were buried initially at the village cemetery in Lostau (possibly in Alter Friedhof Lostau, the Old Lostau Cemetery).
S/Sgt Cochran's remains were returned to the United States and interred at Gray Cemetery in Covington, Tioga County, Pennsyslvania on June 30, 1949. The military escort was S/Sgt Harry C. Baughman Sr, U.S. Air Force, ASN 15320488. Hagerman Funeral Home, 504 Pennsylvania Ave, Elmira, New York, handled the arrangements.
Also buried at Gray Cemetery are Harriet E. 'Hattie' (Cullen) Cochran (21 Dec 1877 – 7 Jul 1928), his mother's mother; and Franklin B. Cochran (1910 – 1968), his mother's brother.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1910 US Census; Pennsylvania; McKean County; Smethport; Mechanic Street. Cochran, Ezra. 28 Apr 1910 (his mother's father)
3. 1920 US Census; Pennsylvania; Tioga County; Putnam; East State Street. Cochran, Ezra S. 13 Jan 1920 (his mother's father)
4. Army Air Forces Collection of Mike Voisin. 'Final Approach': Class Book of Army Air Forces Combat Crew Training School Class 06-10. Sioux City, Iowa, circa 1944 (Deuschle crew completed Combat Crew Training at Sioux City, Iowa)
5. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
6. Elmira (NY) City Directories, 1941–1960
7. Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette
• Obituary of Mrs Helen L Swan. Thu, 4 May 1978, p22 (his mother)
• Obituary of William A. Swan. Fri, 27 May 1983, p19 (his stepfather)
8. Enlistment Record of William J. Cochran
9. New York Marriage Certificate of Helen Louise Cochran and William A. Swan. 20 Oct 1928 (his mother and stepfather)
10. Obituary of Lois Ann (Swan) Eddy (his sister)
11. Pennsylvania Birth Certificate of Helen Louise Cochran (his mother, born 4 Jul 1906 at Covington, Tioga County, NY; parents: Ezra S Cochran, Hattie Cullen)
12. Social Security Death Index
13. Tice, Joyce M. Tri-Counties Genealogy & History: Covington (PA) High School Graduates, 1920-1925
14. Tice, Joyce M. Tri-Counties Genealogy & History: Gray Cemetery, Page 2. Aug 2005
15. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 7893
16. U.S. Department of the Army, Adjutant General Office, Technical Records Section. Individual Deceased Personnel File of William J. Cochran, 12131579 (aka '293 File')
17. U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939–1945
18. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
19. U.S. World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940–1947 (ancestry.com)
10. William Aden Swan (1904–1983) in Garrison family tree at ancestry.com (his stepfather)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
He registered for the draft at Elmira, New York on February 15, 1942. He was 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed 155 pounds, and had gray eyes and brown hair. At that time he lived with his family at 809 West Second Street in Elmira and worked for the Remington Rand Company on South Main Street. He completed three years of high school and was employed as a semiskilled metal worker. He was single, without dependents, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at Elmira, New York on September 8, 1942.
He married after enlisting. His wife was Eunice Martha Cochran (23 May 1925 – 13 Jul 2005). In 1944 his wife lived at 1001 West Sixth Street, Sioux City, Iowa. She married Vincent S. Hunt of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa on August 20, 1947. She died at Sergeant Bluff, Iowa in 2005.
He completed Army Air Forces radio operator and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned to the heavy bomber crew of Second Lieutenant Charlton A. Deuschle. The Deuschle crew completed B-17 operational training at Sioux City, Iowa in June 1944. They deployed from Kearney, Nebraska in a B-17 via the north Atlantic ferry route on June 15, 1944, and arrived in England on June 30, 1944. They inprocessed at the Combat Crew Replacement Center at Bovingdon, England in early July 1944, and were assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group on July 24, 1944. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. Here is Lt Deuschle's crew roster on August 5, 1944:
B-17G 43-38007 – 838th Bomb Squadron
• Deuschle, Charlton A – 2/Lt – Pilot – POW
• Steffens, Eugene F – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Underwood, Allan B – 2/Lt – Navigator – KIA
• Gregory, Jesse E – 2/Lt – Bombardier – KIA
• Late, Carl L – T/Sgt – Engineer – KIA
• Cochran, William J – S/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Hinkson Jr, Harry M – Sgt – Tail Gunner – KIA
• Deelaney, Grady E – Sgt – Ball Turret Gunner – KIA
• Haglund, John L – Sgt – Waist Gunner – KIA
• Crooker, Robert J – Sgt – Waist Gunner – POW
S/Sgt Cochran and seven of his crewmates were killed in action on August 5, 1944 when their aircraft, B-17G 43-38007, was shot down by flak on a mission to bomb an aircraft engine factory at Magdeburg, Germany. The aircraft received direct hits just before bombs away, and exploded within seconds. The fuselage broke apart aft of the ball turret, and part of the right wing came off. Most of the men were either killed instantly, or were ejected from the aircraft without their chutes. The aircraft crashed near Lostau, Germany, about 13 kilometers southwest of Burg, near Magdeburg. (The Germans reported that it crashed between Gerwisch and Biederitz, just south of Lostau—vicinity of 52.173°N, 11.731°E.) Pilot 2/Lt Deuschle and gunner Sgt Robert J. Crooker survived and became prisoners of war. The dead were buried initially at the village cemetery in Lostau (possibly in Alter Friedhof Lostau, the Old Lostau Cemetery).
S/Sgt Cochran's remains were returned to the United States and interred at Gray Cemetery in Covington, Tioga County, Pennsyslvania on June 30, 1949. The military escort was S/Sgt Harry C. Baughman Sr, U.S. Air Force, ASN 15320488. Hagerman Funeral Home, 504 Pennsylvania Ave, Elmira, New York, handled the arrangements.
Also buried at Gray Cemetery are Harriet E. 'Hattie' (Cullen) Cochran (21 Dec 1877 – 7 Jul 1928), his mother's mother; and Franklin B. Cochran (1910 – 1968), his mother's brother.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1910 US Census; Pennsylvania; McKean County; Smethport; Mechanic Street. Cochran, Ezra. 28 Apr 1910 (his mother's father)
3. 1920 US Census; Pennsylvania; Tioga County; Putnam; East State Street. Cochran, Ezra S. 13 Jan 1920 (his mother's father)
4. Army Air Forces Collection of Mike Voisin. 'Final Approach': Class Book of Army Air Forces Combat Crew Training School Class 06-10. Sioux City, Iowa, circa 1944 (Deuschle crew completed Combat Crew Training at Sioux City, Iowa)
5. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
6. Elmira (NY) City Directories, 1941–1960
7. Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette
• Obituary of Mrs Helen L Swan. Thu, 4 May 1978, p22 (his mother)
• Obituary of William A. Swan. Fri, 27 May 1983, p19 (his stepfather)
8. Enlistment Record of William J. Cochran
9. New York Marriage Certificate of Helen Louise Cochran and William A. Swan. 20 Oct 1928 (his mother and stepfather)
10. Obituary of Lois Ann (Swan) Eddy (his sister)
11. Pennsylvania Birth Certificate of Helen Louise Cochran (his mother, born 4 Jul 1906 at Covington, Tioga County, NY; parents: Ezra S Cochran, Hattie Cullen)
12. Social Security Death Index
13. Tice, Joyce M. Tri-Counties Genealogy & History: Covington (PA) High School Graduates, 1920-1925
14. Tice, Joyce M. Tri-Counties Genealogy & History: Gray Cemetery, Page 2. Aug 2005
15. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 7893
16. U.S. Department of the Army, Adjutant General Office, Technical Records Section. Individual Deceased Personnel File of William J. Cochran, 12131579 (aka '293 File')
17. U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939–1945
18. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
19. U.S. World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940–1947 (ancestry.com)
10. William Aden Swan (1904–1983) in Garrison family tree at ancestry.com (his stepfather)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
Staff Sergeant William Joseph Cochran, Army serial number 12131579, was born at Covington, Tioga County, Pennsylvania on February 8, 1921. His mother was Helen Louise (Cochran) Swan (4 Jul 1906 – 2 May 1978), who was born at Covington and graduated from high school there in 1923. His mother married William Aden Swan (11 Aug 1904 – 26 May 1983) at Wellsburg, Chemung County, New York on October 20, 1928. By 1941 the family resided at Elmira, Chemung County, New York, and he had three half siblings: Lois Ann (Swan) Eddy (27 Nov 1931 – 24 Mar 2006), Jack Ray Swan (21 Dec 1933 – 27 Jun 2005), and Gordon E. Swan (abt 1936 – ).
He registered for the draft at Elmira, New York on February 15, 1942. He was 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed 155 pounds, and had gray eyes and brown hair. At that time he lived with his family at 809 West Second Street in Elmira and worked for the Remington Rand Company on South Main Street. He completed three years of high school and was employed as a semiskilled metal worker. He was single, without dependents, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at Elmira, New York on September 8, 1942.
He married after enlisting. His wife was Eunice Martha Cochran (23 May 1925 – 13 Jul 2005). In 1944 his wife lived at 1001 West Sixth Street, Sioux City, Iowa. She married Vincent S. Hunt of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa on August 20, 1947. She died at Sergeant Bluff, Iowa in 2005.
He completed Army Air Forces radio operator and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned to the heavy bomber crew of Second Lieutenant Charlton A. Deuschle. The Deuschle crew completed B-17 operational training at Sioux City, Iowa in June 1944. They deployed from Kearney, Nebraska in a B-17 via the north Atlantic ferry route on June 15, 1944, and arrived in England on June 30, 1944. They inprocessed at the Combat Crew Replacement Center at Bovingdon, England in early July 1944, and were assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group on July 24, 1944. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. Here is Lt Deuschle's crew roster on August 5, 1944:
B-17G 43-38007 – 838th Bomb Squadron
• Deuschle, Charlton A – 2/Lt – Pilot – POW
• Steffens, Eugene F – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Underwood, Allan B – 2/Lt – Navigator – KIA
• Gregory, Jesse E – 2/Lt – Bombardier – KIA
• Late, Carl L – T/Sgt – Engineer – KIA
• Cochran, William J – S/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Hinkson Jr, Harry M – Sgt – Tail Gunner – KIA
• Deelaney, Grady E – Sgt – Ball Turret Gunner – KIA
• Haglund, John L – Sgt – Waist Gunner – KIA
• Crooker, Robert J – Sgt – Waist Gunner – POW
S/Sgt Cochran and seven of his crewmates were killed in action on August 5, 1944 when their aircraft, B-17G 43-38007, was shot down by flak on a mission to bomb an aircraft engine factory at Magdeburg, Germany. The aircraft received direct hits just before bombs away, and exploded within seconds. The fuselage broke apart aft of the ball turret, and part of the right wing came off. Most of the men were either killed instantly, or were ejected from the aircraft without their chutes. The aircraft crashed near Lostau, Germany, about 13 kilometers southwest of Burg, near Magdeburg. (The Germans reported that it crashed between Gerwisch and Biederitz, just south of Lostau—vicinity of 52.173°N, 11.731°E.) Pilot 2/Lt Deuschle and gunner Sgt Robert J. Crooker survived and became prisoners of war. The dead were buried initially at the village cemetery in Lostau (possibly in Alter Friedhof Lostau, the Old Lostau Cemetery).
S/Sgt Cochran's remains were returned to the United States and interred at Gray Cemetery in Covington, Tioga County, Pennsyslvania on June 30, 1949. The military escort was S/Sgt Harry C. Baughman Sr, U.S. Air Force, ASN 15320488. Hagerman Funeral Home, 504 Pennsylvania Ave, Elmira, New York, handled the arrangements.
Also buried at Gray Cemetery are Harriet E. 'Hattie' (Cullen) Cochran (21 Dec 1877 – 7 Jul 1928), his mother's mother; and Franklin B. Cochran (1910 – 1968), his mother's brother.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1910 US Census; Pennsylvania; McKean County; Smethport; Mechanic Street. Cochran, Ezra. 28 Apr 1910 (his mother's father)
3. 1920 US Census; Pennsylvania; Tioga County; Putnam; East State Street. Cochran, Ezra S. 13 Jan 1920 (his mother's father)
4. Army Air Forces Collection of Mike Voisin. 'Final Approach': Class Book of Army Air Forces Combat Crew Training School Class 06-10. Sioux City, Iowa, circa 1944 (Deuschle crew completed Combat Crew Training at Sioux City, Iowa)
5. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
6. Elmira (NY) City Directories, 1941–1960
7. Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette
• Obituary of Mrs Helen L Swan. Thu, 4 May 1978, p22 (his mother)
• Obituary of William A. Swan. Fri, 27 May 1983, p19 (his stepfather)
8. Enlistment Record of William J. Cochran
9. New York Marriage Certificate of Helen Louise Cochran and William A. Swan. 20 Oct 1928 (his mother and stepfather)
10. Obituary of Lois Ann (Swan) Eddy (his sister)
11. Pennsylvania Birth Certificate of Helen Louise Cochran (his mother, born 4 Jul 1906 at Covington, Tioga County, NY; parents: Ezra S Cochran, Hattie Cullen)
12. Social Security Death Index
13. Tice, Joyce M. Tri-Counties Genealogy & History: Covington (PA) High School Graduates, 1920-1925
14. Tice, Joyce M. Tri-Counties Genealogy & History: Gray Cemetery, Page 2. Aug 2005
15. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 7893
16. U.S. Department of the Army, Adjutant General Office, Technical Records Section. Individual Deceased Personnel File of William J. Cochran, 12131579 (aka '293 File')
17. U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939–1945
18. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
19. U.S. World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940–1947 (ancestry.com)
10. William Aden Swan (1904–1983) in Garrison family tree at ancestry.com (his stepfather)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
He registered for the draft at Elmira, New York on February 15, 1942. He was 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed 155 pounds, and had gray eyes and brown hair. At that time he lived with his family at 809 West Second Street in Elmira and worked for the Remington Rand Company on South Main Street. He completed three years of high school and was employed as a semiskilled metal worker. He was single, without dependents, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at Elmira, New York on September 8, 1942.
He married after enlisting. His wife was Eunice Martha Cochran (23 May 1925 – 13 Jul 2005). In 1944 his wife lived at 1001 West Sixth Street, Sioux City, Iowa. She married Vincent S. Hunt of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa on August 20, 1947. She died at Sergeant Bluff, Iowa in 2005.
He completed Army Air Forces radio operator and aerial gunnery training, and was assigned to the heavy bomber crew of Second Lieutenant Charlton A. Deuschle. The Deuschle crew completed B-17 operational training at Sioux City, Iowa in June 1944. They deployed from Kearney, Nebraska in a B-17 via the north Atlantic ferry route on June 15, 1944, and arrived in England on June 30, 1944. They inprocessed at the Combat Crew Replacement Center at Bovingdon, England in early July 1944, and were assigned to the 838th Bomb Squadron of the 487th Bomb Group on July 24, 1944. The 487th Bomb Group was based at Army Air Forces Station 137 near Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and was part of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force in Europe. Here is Lt Deuschle's crew roster on August 5, 1944:
B-17G 43-38007 – 838th Bomb Squadron
• Deuschle, Charlton A – 2/Lt – Pilot – POW
• Steffens, Eugene F – 2/Lt – Copilot – KIA
• Underwood, Allan B – 2/Lt – Navigator – KIA
• Gregory, Jesse E – 2/Lt – Bombardier – KIA
• Late, Carl L – T/Sgt – Engineer – KIA
• Cochran, William J – S/Sgt – Radio Operator – KIA
• Hinkson Jr, Harry M – Sgt – Tail Gunner – KIA
• Deelaney, Grady E – Sgt – Ball Turret Gunner – KIA
• Haglund, John L – Sgt – Waist Gunner – KIA
• Crooker, Robert J – Sgt – Waist Gunner – POW
S/Sgt Cochran and seven of his crewmates were killed in action on August 5, 1944 when their aircraft, B-17G 43-38007, was shot down by flak on a mission to bomb an aircraft engine factory at Magdeburg, Germany. The aircraft received direct hits just before bombs away, and exploded within seconds. The fuselage broke apart aft of the ball turret, and part of the right wing came off. Most of the men were either killed instantly, or were ejected from the aircraft without their chutes. The aircraft crashed near Lostau, Germany, about 13 kilometers southwest of Burg, near Magdeburg. (The Germans reported that it crashed between Gerwisch and Biederitz, just south of Lostau—vicinity of 52.173°N, 11.731°E.) Pilot 2/Lt Deuschle and gunner Sgt Robert J. Crooker survived and became prisoners of war. The dead were buried initially at the village cemetery in Lostau (possibly in Alter Friedhof Lostau, the Old Lostau Cemetery).
S/Sgt Cochran's remains were returned to the United States and interred at Gray Cemetery in Covington, Tioga County, Pennsyslvania on June 30, 1949. The military escort was S/Sgt Harry C. Baughman Sr, U.S. Air Force, ASN 15320488. Hagerman Funeral Home, 504 Pennsylvania Ave, Elmira, New York, handled the arrangements.
Also buried at Gray Cemetery are Harriet E. 'Hattie' (Cullen) Cochran (21 Dec 1877 – 7 Jul 1928), his mother's mother; and Franklin B. Cochran (1910 – 1968), his mother's brother.
Sources:
1. 487th Bomb Group Association
2. 1910 US Census; Pennsylvania; McKean County; Smethport; Mechanic Street. Cochran, Ezra. 28 Apr 1910 (his mother's father)
3. 1920 US Census; Pennsylvania; Tioga County; Putnam; East State Street. Cochran, Ezra S. 13 Jan 1920 (his mother's father)
4. Army Air Forces Collection of Mike Voisin. 'Final Approach': Class Book of Army Air Forces Combat Crew Training School Class 06-10. Sioux City, Iowa, circa 1944 (Deuschle crew completed Combat Crew Training at Sioux City, Iowa)
5. de Jong, Ivo. The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H). Paducah KY: Turner Publishing, Oct 2004
6. Elmira (NY) City Directories, 1941–1960
7. Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette
• Obituary of Mrs Helen L Swan. Thu, 4 May 1978, p22 (his mother)
• Obituary of William A. Swan. Fri, 27 May 1983, p19 (his stepfather)
8. Enlistment Record of William J. Cochran
9. New York Marriage Certificate of Helen Louise Cochran and William A. Swan. 20 Oct 1928 (his mother and stepfather)
10. Obituary of Lois Ann (Swan) Eddy (his sister)
11. Pennsylvania Birth Certificate of Helen Louise Cochran (his mother, born 4 Jul 1906 at Covington, Tioga County, NY; parents: Ezra S Cochran, Hattie Cullen)
12. Social Security Death Index
13. Tice, Joyce M. Tri-Counties Genealogy & History: Covington (PA) High School Graduates, 1920-1925
14. Tice, Joyce M. Tri-Counties Genealogy & History: Gray Cemetery, Page 2. Aug 2005
15. U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 7893
16. U.S. Department of the Army, Adjutant General Office, Technical Records Section. Individual Deceased Personnel File of William J. Cochran, 12131579 (aka '293 File')
17. U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939–1945
18. U.S. War Department. World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel. Washington, D.C., June 1946
19. U.S. World War II Draft Cards, Young Men, 1940–1947 (ancestry.com)
10. William Aden Swan (1904–1983) in Garrison family tree at ancestry.com (his stepfather)
Research by:
Paul Webber
Find A Grave member ID 47577572
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