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Lynn Berlin COTTRILL

Lynn Berlin COTTRILL

Male 1912 - 1946  (34 years)

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  • Name Lynn Berlin COTTRILL 
    Born 20 Mar 1912  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Military (ENLISTED 12/5/1945)  [2, 3, 4] 
    Pfc, 2523 Army Air Force Base Unit, World War II (killed in line of duty on foreign soil) 
    Census 1930  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1936  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1940  Jacobs Run (Salem), Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1945  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 15 May 1946  [2] 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • A Government-issued military grave marker for him was placed at the Salem IOOF in 1948. But there is also a more recent monument for him at the Murphy Family Cemetery in Tyler County.
    Person ID I63925  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2016 

    Father Clyde Burlin COTTRILL,   b. 2 Mar 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1965, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Minnie Ercel FORD,   b. Nov 1890 
    Family ID F18383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mildred Louise JORDAN,   b. 8 Feb 1922, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1991  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 2 Sep 1936  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. James Allen COTTRILL,   b. 6 Oct 1937, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1996, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     2. Barbara Ruth COTTRILL,   b. 28 Feb 1939, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 2016, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F26652  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    63925_COTTRILL_LynnBerlin_1912-1946_ApplicationForMilitaryHeadstone.jpg    		63925_COTTRILL_LynnBerlin_1912-1946_ApplicationForMilitaryHeadstone.jpg
    63925_LynnBerlinCottrill_MildredLouiseJordan_MarriageRecord_2Sep1936.jpg    		63925_LynnBerlinCottrill_MildredLouiseJordan_MarriageRecord_2Sep1936.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    3. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 429 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796873&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Lynn Berlin Cottrill, 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Salem WV; and Mildred Louise Jordan, 22, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Sep 2 1936 "at Salem, Harrison Co, W.Va.," officiated by Geo. B. Shaw, a Minister of the Gospel.