1LT. Cotten, Joseph Allen
Service number: O-1 010 848 (originally 34093559)
Age: 27
Born: September 17, Rives, Obion County, Tennessee
Hometown: Rives, Tennessee
Family:
Henry Peyton Cotten (father)
Beatrice Mary aka Mary Beatrice (nee McCaw) Cotten (mother)
Harold Mumford Cotten (brother)
James McCaw Cotten (brother)
Mary A. Cotten (sister)
Eudora Cotten/Hinshaw (sister)
Corrine Cotten/Danehower (sister)
Willie C. Cotten (sister) possibly Corrine
Henry P. Cotten (brother)
Clarence C. Cotten (brother)
Barbara Moffat (nee Grier) Cotten (wife) married December 19, 1942
Rank: 1ST Lieutenant
Function: Tank Officer
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: A
Date of death: September 18, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Sillegny, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: Attacking Sillegny from the woods, west of town
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot C, Row 18, Grave 15
Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on June 24, 1941 at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina
Other information :
There is another memorial for 1ST Lieutenant at
Due West ARP Church Cemetery, Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA. Memorial # 111482044
1LT. Cotten, Joseph Allen
Service number: O-1 010 848 (originally 34093559)
Age: 27
Born: September 17, Rives, Obion County, Tennessee
Hometown: Rives, Tennessee
Family:
Henry Peyton Cotten (father)
Beatrice Mary aka Mary Beatrice (nee McCaw) Cotten (mother)
Harold Mumford Cotten (brother)
James McCaw Cotten (brother)
Mary A. Cotten (sister)
Eudora Cotten/Hinshaw (sister)
Corrine Cotten/Danehower (sister)
Willie C. Cotten (sister) possibly Corrine
Henry P. Cotten (brother)
Clarence C. Cotten (brother)
Barbara Moffat (nee Grier) Cotten (wife) married December 19, 1942
Rank: 1ST Lieutenant
Function: Tank Officer
Battalion: 17th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: A
Date of death: September 18, 1944
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Sillegny, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France
Spot: Attacking Sillegny from the woods, west of town
Awards / Commendations:
★ Bronze Star
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot C, Row 18, Grave 15
Cemetery: Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, Lorraine, France
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on June 24, 1941 at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina
Other information :
There is another memorial for 1ST Lieutenant at
Due West ARP Church Cemetery, Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA. Memorial # 111482044
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from South Carolina.
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