Coggin, Odell Henry

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: COGG.O002
• _FGRAVE: 33974890

Family/Spouse: Etter, Clara A.. Clara (daughter of Etter, David L. and Pool, Janettia 'Nettie') was born in 1893; died in 1968; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: COGG.C002
• _FGRAVE: 33974913
• Military Service: World War II, Corporal, 321st Army Air Forces Squadron, 90th Bomb Group, United States Army Air Forces

Notes:

Military Service:
Corporal, B-24 Liberator, 321st Squadron (Bombs Away), 90th Bomb Group 'Jolly Rogers', 5th Air Force, serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Member of Henry Chovanec crew. Killed in Action, April 30, 1943. His plane crashed during a supply drop near the Negifi Village area. Awarded the purple heart.

Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2415052

Inducted on February 3, 1942. Trained as an aerial photographer and assigned to the 361st Bomb Squadron, 90th Bomb Group flying B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. Departed the Continental U.S. on September 4, 1942 bound for Hawaii for additional training and then on to Australia and New Guinea, where his unit joined the 5th Air Force operating in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Corporal Coggin was killed in action during a combat mission on April 30, 1943. Earned The Purple Heart Medal and was otherwise eligible posthumously for The American Campaign Medal, The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the WWII Victory Medal. Honored at the WWII Memorial in Flora, Illinois.

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1899836

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.