Luther G. Hensley Corcoran, L. G. or Elgie Cochran, of Tennessee

Research on Luther G. Hensley Corcoran, also known as L. G. or Elgie Corcoran, sometimes written as Elgie Cochran. He was the son of Patrick William Corcoran and Emeline Amanda Alley, and the husband of Mary Jane Martin. He was a resident of Columbia, Tennessee.


Obituary Reference: "Kills Woman Then Himself: Elgie Cochran, Former Columbian, Principal of a Double Tragedy," in the Daily Herald, 27 Dec. 1905, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama (page not listed; probably page one).

Elgie Cochran shot his mistress, then himself. The obituary said that he was boarding with Mrs. Johnson, a woman of means; the article also referred to her as a "grass widow" (that is, a mistress, or a divorced woman who lives with a man other than her husband). Earlier, Mrs. Johnson had been complaining that Corcoran had taken to drink again. An argument probably ensued. Later, Corcoran killed her, then killed himself. His body was shipped from Birmingham, Alabama, to Rose Hill Cemetery in Maury County, Tennessee, for burial.

Pritchett: Military Records, Dickens County, Texas (Extract)

Pritchett Military Records (Extract from TXGenWeb)

Extract from:
Veteran Service Records
USGenWeb: The Texas GenWeb Project, Dickens County

Dan W. PRITCHETT, Jr.
Veteran World War II
Branch of Service: U.S. Army.
Rank: Technician Fourth Grade.
Entered Service: October 24, 1942.
Basic: Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Overseas: April 6, 1944 to November 24, 1945
Theatre of Operation: European.
Engagements: Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland.
Decorations: American Theatre Ribbon/European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 5 Bronze Stars/Good Conduct Medal/Victory Medal.
Discharged: Camp Fannin, Texas.
Total Time Served: 3 years, 1 month, 25 days.

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Leonard E. PRITCHETT
Veteran World War II
Branch: Army Air Force.
Rank: Technical Sergeant.
Entered Service: January 6, 1943.
Trained at Camp Wolters, Texas, Sheppard Field, Texas; Willow run, Michigan; Springfield, Charleston.
Overseas: May 22, 1944.
Theatre of Operations: European-African-Middle Eastern.
Engagements: Naples-Foggia Campaign, Rome-Arno, North Appenines, Southern France, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Air Offensive Europe, Air Combat Balkans, Polesti Air Raid.
Decorations: European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre Ribbon with 2 Silver Stars; Purple Heart; Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Unit Badge.
Returned to U.S.: October 22, 1944.
Discharged: Sheppard Field, Texas.
Total Time Served: 34 months.
Remarks: Shot down over Yugoslavia July 9, 1944 returning from raid over Polestia, Romania. Flew twenty-eight combat missions before being shot down by German Fighters.

Loyd Randolph PRITCHETT
Veteran Korea
Graduate Spur 1949
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Decorations: National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Expert Rifleman Medal
Enlistment Date: April 7, 1951 in Amarillo, TX
Discharge Date:April 7, 1955 at Sewart AFB, Smyrna, TN
Basic: Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX Military Unit: 62 Troop Carrier Squadron
Honoree is: Living
(email: randy37 [at] attglobal.net)

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Luther Doyle PRITCHETT
Veteran World War II
Son of Dan W. and Opal O. Williams Pritchett
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Rank: Corporal
Service Dates: March 1943 to Sept. 1945
Rifle Expert
Training: Camp Pendleton, San Diego, CA Theatre of Operations: Asiatic Pacific Area
Marine Aircraft Group 42, Marine Air Corp. Station, El Centro, CA
Honoree is: Deceased, August 13, 2000, buried Honey Grove, TX
Submitted by Bertha Pritchett, wife

Marion Cleston PRITCHETT   “Pritch”
Branch of Service: U.S. Air Force
Graduated Spur: 1947
Enlistment Date: August 15, 1950, Abilene, TX
Military Unit: 22nd Fighter Bomber Squadron, Assigned to the “Sky Blazers”, a group of Air Force Fighters that performed throughout Europe as an aerial acrobatic flight team
Overseas: Germany, 1951
Commendations: National Defense Medal, Good Conduct, Occupation Medal Theatre of Operation: Germany
Discharged: April 14, 1954
Rank: Tech Sergeant
Honoree is: Deceased, January 15, 2001, Ruidoso, NM
Submitted by Kathy Osborne, daughter
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EXTRACT by D.K. Pritchett from:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txdicken/military/po.htm
Accessed on 6 March 2012
From the genealogy files of Southern Muse.

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