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Personal info

Full name
COOK, Ralph Edwin
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Alpena County, Michigan
Hometown
Alpena County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36896760
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Near Saarbrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 42 16

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. Cook (father)
Myrtle (Stevens) Cook (mother)
George M. Cook (brother)
Frederick A. Cook (brother)
Alice M. Cook (sister)
Wayne Cook (brother)
Iverina (Thompson) Cook (wife)
Sandra Cook (daughter)

More information

Pfc Ralph E. Cook graduated from Central High School and was employed as an inspector at Buick Motor Company.

He enlisted in December 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Michigan Marriage Records / Kaufman Family Tree / 1930, 1950 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / M Simm