35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  SSG Bruce L. Cotten    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



King Company
35th Infantry Regiment
World War II


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"





The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, SSG Bruce L. Cotten, 18018403, who died in the service of his country on April 5th, 1945 in Luzon, The Philippines. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Bruce was 29 years of age. He was from Colorado.

The decorations earned by SSG Bruce L. Cotten include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.


Burial:
Garden of Memories Cemetery
Crawford
Delta County
Colorado, USA
Plot: D-S, 10