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31 July 2021

Obituary of George C. Coogan

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(extracted from "Chicago Tribune" [IL], 07 OCT 1945):

07 OCT 1945 (incomplete)
GEORGE C. COOGAN, U.S.A.A.F., Age 22, [7830 S. Clay street], 
killed Sept....

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(extracted from "Southtown Economist" [Chicago, IL], 24 OCT 1945,
PAGE 1):

MEMORIAL RITES SUNDAY 
FOR GEORGE C. COOGAN

Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday for Flight Officer
George C. Coogan, 22 years old, 7830 May st., in the Marquette
Manor Baptist church, 60th st. and California av.

Flight Officer Coogan was killed in a crash landing of a P-38 on
Okinawa September 6 of this year.  The crash occured while he was
on a return trip from Japan.  

He attended Harper high school, Northwestern university and was 
an inventory clerk before he enlisted in the air corps in October 
1942.  

He was sent overseas in May of this year.

Surviving him are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Coogan, and a 
sister, Mrs. Mark Ariel, father, Walter, and a brother, Thomas,
both of Racine.

His body was sent to Racine where funeral services will be held
today.

https://newspaperarchive.com/southtown-economist-oct-24-1945-p-33/
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