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Personal info

Full name
COOLEY, Norman Lee
Date of birth
4 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Union Grove, Marshall County, Alabama
Hometown
Union Grove, Marshall County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34331921
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 28 2

Immediate family

Members
Harvey Cooley (father)
Arrellia A. (Culpepper) Cooley (mother)
Imogene Cooley (sister)
Orval H. Cooley (brother)
Gerald Cooley (brother)

More information

Pfc Norman L. Cooley worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 15 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for his action on 6 October 1944.

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 / Sandra Colley Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Guntersville Gleam 12 January 1945