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Personal info

Full name
COOK, Roy Edwin
Date of birth
11 April 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Washington County, Virginia
Hometown
Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Military service

Service number
O1285553
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Les Rouges Eaux-Col du Haut Jacques, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 23 4

Immediate family

Members
Alonzo A. Cook (father)
Nina N. Cook (mother)
Bert A. Cook (brother)
Douglas O. Cook (brother)
Odell E. Cook (brother)
Howard E. Cook (brother)
Curtis R. Cook (brother)
Joe H. Cook (brother)
Ruth P. Cook (sister)
Genoa Cook (sister)
Kenneth E. Cook (half-brother)
Alice B. (Bingham) Cook (wife)

More information

Capt Roy E. Cook was stationed at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland in 1941 where he was married to Alice Bingham on 2 April.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy