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Personal info

Full name
COOK, Richard Anthony
Date of birth
22 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cincinatti, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35876540
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 13 19

Immediate family

Members
Frank B. Cook (father)
Cecilia C. Cook (mother)
Frances K. Cook (daughter)
Cecilia C. Cook (sister)
Wilbert W. Cook (brother)
Lester J. Cook (brother)
Elmer A. Cook (brother)
Marion T. Cook (sister)
Dorothy L. Cook (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard A. Cook was a metal worked before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 20 September 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Enlistment / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Cincinatti Post - 11 January 1945