World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Alvin Chester Cockrell, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Hazlehurst, Mississippi
Honored By
Ann Perkins Shoemake and Charles Douglas Shoemake
Relationship
Niece and Nephew-in-law
KILLED ON GUADALCANAL, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942. RECEIVED NAVY CROSS. THE USS ALVIN C. COCKRELL, JR. (DE-366) WAS NAMED FOR HIM.