Bobby J. Cozort

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

DOW 09/15/1944

Bobby Joe Cozort was born in Annona, Red River County, Texas on February 19, 1925.
(The 1930 Census gives his name as Robert J. Cozort.)

He listed his home of residence as Red River, Texas.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

His Army serial number indicates he was drafted into the Army.

The application for his grave marker indicates he entered the Army in December 1943.

He was assigned to Company B from the 4th Infantry Division replacement pool
on July 13, 1944.

He was promoted to Private First Class in Company B on September 8, 1944.

Private First Class Cozort died on September 15, 1944, of wounds received in action in Germany on September 14, 1944.

Above: the entry for Bobby J. Cozort in the casualty list of the 22nd Infantry for September 1944 showing he was
Seriously Wounded in Action on September 14, 1944.

Courtesy of John Tomawski

Bobby J. Cozort was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Fosse Cemetery, Namur, Belgium and some time later his remains
were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Texas.

Burial:
Garland Cemetery
Annona
Red River County
Texas

Grave marker for Bobby J. Cozort

Photo by farmroad114 from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of Bobby J. Cozort from The Clarksville Times Friday October 20, 1944 via Julien Woestyn

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