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Personal info

Full name
COOK, Louis Martin
Date of birth
16 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31250126
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
Moosburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 60

Immediate family

Members
James J. Cook (father)
Marie M. Cook (mother)
Edward H. Cook (brother)
James H. Cook (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Louis M. Cook attended local school and was employed at New Departure plant of General Motors.

He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 16 November 1942 and trained at Fort Riley, Kansas and and Camp Polk, Louisiana. He was sent overseas in August, 1944.

S/Sgt Cook was taken prisoner around 18 December 1944 and died at Stalag VII-A.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, After Action Report 52nd AIB

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem