• Oct. 31, 1916 – April 26, 1943
• Liberal Arts 1940
• 1st Lt. – Army
• Armored Recon Bn. Wounded at Kasserine Pass, died later in a German POW camp in Italy. Distinguished Service Cross awarded posthumously.
• Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia, Tennessee

James Sloan Lochridge (Oct. 31, 1916 – April 26, 1943) was from Columbia, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1940 with a Liberal Arts degree. He enlisted in the United States Army and was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in an Armored Reconnaissance Battalion attached to the 5th Army during the Invasion of North Africa. 1st Lt. Lochridge was severely wounded during the Battle at Kasserine Pass in Tunisia and captured by German and Italian forces in February 1943. He was transferred to a German prisoner of war camp in Italy and died from his wounds on April 26, 1943. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions taken at Kasserine Pass and is memorialized at Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia, Tennessee.

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