World War II Honoree

Henry Cochran

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Greenfield, Tennessee

Honored By

Henry Cochran

Relationship

Self

ENTERED SERVICE ON MARCH 4, 1943 AT FORT OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA INDUCTION CENTER. SERVED AS A COMBAT INFANTRYMAN IN COMPANY K, 324TH INFANTRY, 44TH INFANTRY DIVISION. BASIC TRAINING WAS AT FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON, FOLLOWED BY MANEUVERS IN LOUISIANA. UNIT NEXT MOVED TO CAMP PHILLIP, KANSAS. NEXT MOVE WAS TO CAMP MYLES STANDISH, MASSACHUSETTS FROM WHICH THE DIVISION WAS TRANSPORTED TO FRANCE, NARROWLY AVOIDING A GERMAN SUBMARINE ATTACK. PARTICIPATED IN BATTLES IN NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES AND CENTRAL EUROPE. AFTER SUSTAINING A COMBAT WOUND FEBRUARY 20, 1945 IN REMLING, FRANCE HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO A REPLACEMENT CENTER TO TRAIN INCOMING TROOPS IN GERMANY AND BELGIUM. HIS MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY IN THE REPLACEMENT DEPOT WAS SQUADRON LEADER 844. UPON RETURNING TO THE U.S. HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE JANUARY 14, 1946 AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT. AWARDED AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBON WITH THREE BRONZE BATTLE STARS, PURPLE HEART MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.