Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Lloyd William Cosgray

BranchArmy
RankPrivate First Class
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service03/06/1944 – 11/12/1945
Date of Birth01/08/1925
Date of Death07/25/1994
HometownCanaan, OH
AwardsBronze Star, Good Conduct Medal
Burial LocationForest Grove Cemetery, Plain City, Ohio
Monument PaverSection D
SourceVeteran form submitted 10/04/2006 by Dorothy Cosgray; No DD-214 recorded as of 10/12/2007 in Union Co. Recorder's office | Col’s. dispatch obit

Overseas service: France; Central Europe. School: New California High School. with Patton's 3rd Army; 87th Infantry Division - Golden Acorn Division 346th Inf. Regiment Pattons 3rd Army Central Europe "The Salvation Army was the true friend of the boys on the front line."; Battle Of The Bulge under General Patton; "frostbite was very common as they went days with wet, cold boots."

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument