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Stafford Winfield Cochran
Lilah Crowe2023-07-15T18:28:34-05:00
- Name: Stafford Winfield Cochran
- Location of Birth: Bigfork, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: February 3, 1915
- Date of Death: October 6, 1967 (52 years old)
- Parents: Zade Cochran and Edith (Swanson) Cochran
- High School and Class: 1932 - Grand Rapids High School, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
- College: Junior College (2 years)
- Highest Rank: SP 2 (Specialist 2nd Class Petty Officer)
- Branch: Navy
- Other Branch:
- Date Sworn In: June 1, 1944 (Enlistment Date)
- Place Sworn In:
- Date of Discharge: April 8, 1946 (Discharge Date)
- Place of Discharge:
-
- Military Awards:
Victory Medal
- Military Highlights:
Information in the United States, World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Stafford Winfield Cochran
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 25
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: February 3, 1915
Birth Place: Bigfork, Minnesota, USA
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Registration Date: October 16, 1940
Registration Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Employer: Matthews Freight Service Corp
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 160
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Rose Marie Cochran (wife)
- Wars Involved:
World War II
- MIA / POW:
- Civilian Life:
Stafford moved to Grand Rapids, Minnesota with the family in 1927.
He worked for Century-Matthews before entering the Navy. He was bulk agent for Skelly Oil after he returned from service until he was appointed county assessor. He was an Itasca County assessor for ten years. Stafford became a right-of-way agent for Ford, Bacon and Davis in April, 1967.
Survivors are his wife, Rose; a son, Michael; a daughter, Mrs. Frank Vrula; three brothers, Levi, Morgan, and William; and four sisters, Mrs. Leland Axness, Mrs. James Lacroix, Mrs. John Risse, and Mrs. Harold Rasener.
A past commander of the McVeigh-Dunn American Legion post, Cochran was a member of Community Presbyterian Church, Itasca Lodge 208 A.F. & A.M., Jephthah Chapter 176 OES, Aad Temple and was a past master of the Masonic Lodge, all in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
Cochran died at Seymour, Wisconsin and is buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-G-12-3-1)
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