African American, Company F, Alaska Highway. Born: 15 July 1915, Carroll County, Mississippi. Died: 18 December 2008, of heart failure at Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Mississippi.
Enlisted: (1)11 April 1941 (2)12 December 1945 and discharged 30 June 1947. Regular Army. Civilian occupation: He was a retired janitor. In 1930 census he was a farm laborer. Education: grammar school.
His father was Collins Bayman, a farmer, and his mother was Virginia Bayman. His sister was Willie Mae McNary of Washington. Cottrell’s last residence was Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland.
Serial #34046119
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