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Personal info

Full name
COCROFT, Arthur Edward Jr
Date of birth
8 December 1907
Age
36
Place of birth
Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33834225
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
167th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
Dieulouard, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 25 29

Immediate family

Members
Arhtur E. Cocroft (father)
Nellie M. (Gorton) Cocroft (mother)
Lillian M. Cocroft (sister)
Marion Cocroft (sister)
Stella C. (Davideyt) Cocroft (wife)
Arthur E. Cocroft (son)

More information

T/5 Arthur E. Cocroft Jr. was an electrician before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on 8 November 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire to his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary America Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, wwiimemorial, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Bell Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, 167th Engineer Combat Battalion WWII
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