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Personal info

Full name
COOK, Robert Eugene
Date of birth
28 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
12102689
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Near Gerionsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 7 30

Immediate family

Members
Harry Cook (father)
Grace Cook (mother)
Annabella Cook (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert E. Cook was a student at Cornell University when he was called into service in April, 1942. He received his training at Aberdeen, at the Catholic University in an Army Special Training Program course, and then went to Camp Swift in Texas and Camp Dix in New York, before going overseas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful Dutchman, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Sun, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, P. Brouwers, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Sun