Cothran, Wade R.
Army Major

Wade R. Cothran, age 48, from Greenwood County South Carolina.

Parents: Jennie Wardlaw Harrison Cothran and W. R. Cothran Sr.
Children: Wade R. Cothran Jr.

Service era: World War II
Military history: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Date of death: Friday, December 15, 1944
Death details: Killed while he was being transported aboard a Japanese ship as a prisoner of war from the Philippines to Japan.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Sarasota Herald Tribune (1946)