Otter to attend Idaho Marine's funeral in Parma

By Associated Press

Summary

The governor and his wife are scheduled to attend a Sunday funeral service for 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Kenneth Cochran in Parma.

Story Published: Jan 27, 2012 at 11:58 AM PDT

Story Updated: Jan 27, 2012 at 11:58 AM PDT

Otter to attend Idaho Marine's funeral in Parma

Lance Cpl. Kenneth E. Cochran

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and First Lady Lori Otter plan to pay final respects to an Idaho solider killed during combat in Afghanistan.

The governor and his wife are scheduled to attend a Sunday funeral service for 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Kenneth Cochran in Parma. Cochran died Jan. 15 in Helmand province, along with 22-year-old Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman of Tulsa, Okla.

Military officials did not detail how the Marines died.

Cochran was assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force in Okinawa, Japan. He is survived by his father George Cochran, a former Marine, and his mother, U.S. Army Captain Julia Cochran, along with two sisters and a brother.

Cochran was a 2010 graduate of Parma High School, where the service is being held.