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Personal info

Full name
COOK, Trueman
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Wayne County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35213695
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vernéville – Amanvillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 25

Immediate family

Members
Sam Cook (father)
Sarah Cook (mother)
Bert Cook (brother)
Ben Cook (brother)
Martha B. Cook (sister)
Raymond Cook (brother)
Harold Cook (brother)
Eugene Cook (brother)
Brookie Cook (sister)
Fern Cook (sister)

More information

Pfc Trueman Cook enlisted in the Regular Army in Huntington, West Virginia on 14 October 1941.
He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census

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