Charles B Cothran
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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The Crew of 42-5893 Sad Sack
His nephew Jay Smith
Shot down in 42-5893 'Sad Sax' 26 July 1943 (MACR 197.) Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag XVIIB. Killed during Death March in 1945. The Army recovered his body from a mass grave in Stein, Austria, and established officially that his death came during a march from one prison camp to another on June 1, 1945. That is the date of death on his grave stone at the Paris, TX cemetery.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
15 September 1921 | Grant, Oklahoma | |
Other captured |
26 July 1943 | Germany | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
26 July 1943 | Interned at Stalag XVIIB, Krems, Austria. | |
Died |
Killed on a forced-march either on 28 April 1945, or 1 June 1945 according to the US Army. | ||
Buried |
his remains were repatriated from Belgium in June 1951. Charles Cothran rests at the Evergreen Cemetery in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 197 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / RE Bloxom