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Personal info

Full name
COOK, Neil Earl
Date of birth
29 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
Hometown
Butler County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35806020
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Orscholz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 17 14

Immediate family

Members
Edward W. Cook (father)
Glen Cook (brother)
Marian Cook (sister)
Lutie Cook (sister)
Mark Cook (brother)
Florence Cook (sister)

More information

Pfc Neil E. Cook enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 3 July 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Ohio Birth Index / 1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten