HOCTEL, Lamont Durward
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
'Commando Basic Training Centre'
Regiment/Corps:
US Rangers 1st Bn.
Service:
Army
Number:
35170079
Born:
Wednesday, October 18, 1916
Died :
Sunday, July 12, 1942
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Private Lamont Hoctel, 1st US Rangers, Company 'E', drowned whilst training at Achnacarry. The date of his death is during the period that the US 1st Ranger Bn., led by Colonel W. Darby attended the Commando Basic Training Centre for their training. His death is noted in their War Diary as "drowned during stream crossing exercise.".
Extract from the Kilmallie Death Register
Former occupation: Petrol Attendant
Private, Ranger Battalion, United States Army
Single, Male, 25yrs.
Usual residence: South Bend, Indiana, United States.
Found 7.30pm July 12th 1942 Loch Lochy, Bunarkaig, Achnacarry
Cause of death: Drowning
Seen after death by William A. Jarrett, 1st Lieut. Medical Officer 1st US Ranger Bn.
Informant as above.
Sources
Register of Deaths in the district of Kilmallie (Page 17, no.49) .
CVA Gallery list of Courses at the CBTC
1st Ranger Bn. War Diary via the website wwiirangers.org
Primary Roll of Honour:
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