Cochran, Harlen E.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: COCH.H002
• _FGRAVE: 18119442
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, 48th Fighter Group, 9th United States Army Air Forces

Notes:

Harlen Cochran of Sailor Springs, IL died at the VA Hospital in Danville, IL.

He was born in Iola, the son of Thomas & Josephine Davis Cochran. He married Eileen Lister July 26, 1962, in Louisville.

He was a member of the Sailor Springs Christian Church and the Sailor Springs American Legion.

Survivors include his wife, two sons, Robert & Gary; two daughters, Brenda Pate & Barbara Cochran; a brother, Everett Cochran; three sisters, Della Arnold, Mae James, and Louise Parrott; and two grandchildren.

Services will be at Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City with Larry Schnautz presiding.

Burial was in the Clay City Cemetery with full military rites.

(Published Olney Daily Mail)

Military Service:
Entered active service in the Air Corps as a draftee on January 18, 1943 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Heavy Truck Driver (931). Departed the U.S. on November 17, 1943 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to unknown units until reassigned to the 48th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, when they were engaged in the Central Europe Campaign. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 bronze battle star and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private 1st Class on April 11, 1946 at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2000963

NOTES from Carl W. Gray: Harlen was discharged on April 11, 1946. The US Army Air Corps and the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) were subordinate to the US Army from 20 June 1941- 17 September 1947. The United State Air Force became a separate military branch on 19 September 1947 (after his discharge)

Harlen married Lister, Myrtle Eileen on 26 Jul 1962 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. Myrtle (daughter of Lister, Kenneth and Welch, Myrtle Nellie) was born on 1 Jan 1938 in Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois; died on 17 May 2011 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana; was buried on 23 May 2011 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Cochran, Robert D. died on 8 Jul 2016.
2. COCHRAN, G.W.
3. Cochran, B.J.
4. Cochran, B.K.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: COCH.T001

Thomas married Davis, Mary Josephine 'Josie'. Mary was born on 2 Jul 1899 in Illinois; died on 19 Oct 1962; was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DAVI.M007