Rank: First Lieutenant
Unit: 409th Radio Research Unit, 303rd Rr Bn, 509th Asa Grp, Army Sec Agency
MOS: 9630 – Signal Security Officer
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Reserved
Date of birth: 16-Apr-1941
Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan
Marital status: Married to Elaine M. Cochrane
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 15-Feb-1965
Start of tour: Unknown
Incident date: 24-Oct-1966
Date of casualty: 24-Oct-1966
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
John Floyd Cochrane died on 24 Oct 1966 in Vietnam as a result of gunshot wound to the head with mine metal fragment wounds. He was a passenger in a military vehicle when hit simultaneously by a command detonated claymore mine and sniper fire.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
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