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James Francis Cochran III
Major General (Retired) Frank Cochran, 80, of St. Teresa, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 at Franciscan Woods Vista Care in Columbus, GA.
A celebration of his life and internment was held Saturday morning, Feb. 27 at the Oakland Cemetery in Tallahassee.
Gen. Cochran was born in Tallahassee on Sept. 4, 1929, son of the late James F. Cochran Jr. and Helen Saxon Cochran. A graduate of Leon County High School, he received a bachelor’s of arts from the University of Florida and a master’s of business administration from George Washington University.
He served 30 years as an officer in the US Army attending numerous schools and earning multiple medals for valor including the Silver Star and the Bronze Star with “V” device. He was also a recipient of the Purple Heart. He fought in both the Korean and Vietnam wars.
In 1967 and ‘68 he commanded 1st Battalion 28th Infantry in the Republic of Vietnam where his radio call sign was Defiant 6; a designation he treasured for the rest of his life. During his years in the US Army, he served with great distinction as a combat Airborne Infantryman, culminating in his command of the 24th Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart, GA from 1979 to 1981.
Following his retirement from the US Army, he went on to have a successful career in private industry. In 1987 Frank and his wife Faye fulfilled a lifelong dream of building a year-round house on St. Teresa beach.
He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the Society of the Cincinnati and the US Army Ranger Association.
Gen. Cochran was preceded in life by his mother and father; his sister Jane; and his son James F. Cochran IV and his wife Faye Cole Cochran. He is survived by his son Lt. Col. (Retired) Lewis C. Cochran and wife Karen Casey Cochran; daughter Faye Cochran Woolf and husband William David Woolf; grandsons James F. Cochran V, Lewis C. Cochran Jr., and John C. Cochran; and granddaughter Eliza Cay Woolf.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in his memory to the Society of the Cincinnati www.societyofthecincinnati.org or the Wounded Warrior Project www.woundedwarriorproject.org
