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Personal info

Full name
COOK, James Roy Jr
Date of birth
13 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34765645
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 11

Immediate family

Members
James R. Cook (father)
Mayme A. (Moore) Cook (mother)
Elizabeth A. Cook (sister)
Sarah C. Cook (sister)

More information

Pfc James R. Cook graduated from Tech High School in 1943.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 26 March 1943 and was sent overseas in November 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Sheldon Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - The Atlanta Journal - 5 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Damaris Acevedo, www.newspapers.com - The Atlanta Journal 5 October 1944 / The Atlanta Constitution - 6 October 1944