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James B. Cochran

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NAME:
James Bowlin Cochran
NICKNAME:
SERVICE NUMBER:
842981
HOME OF RECORD:
Dallas, TX
NEXT OF KIN:
Mother, Mrs. Dorothy S Cochran
DATE OF BIRTH:
8/1/1924
SERVICE DATES:
4/13/1943 – 1945
DATE OF DEATH:
7/16/2012
CAMPAIGN UNIT MOS RATE RESULT
Roi-Namur B/1/24 604 PFC  
Saipan B/1/24 504 PFC WIA
Tinian In Hospital  
Iwo Jima H&S/24 152
(Specialist, Photographer)
PFC
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS:
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK:
Private First Class

Biography coming soon.

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The difference of a few years:
Cochran at Southern Methodist University (1942) and as a decorated Marine veteran (1945)

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