World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
George L. Cockerham
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
DeQuincy, Louisiana
Honored By
George M. Cockerham
Wounded in action in Bataan. Captured by the Japanese on Bataan. Survivor of the Bataan Death March. POW at Camp O'Donnell, Philippines; transferred to Japan and liberated from a Japanese POW Camp at the end of the war in 1945.