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COOKE, Claude Wilbur - Date of
birth
10 June 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Chatham County, North Carolina -
Hometown
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34116424 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
unknown
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 8 | 59 |
Immediate family
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Members
Grover C. Cooke (father)
Vida J. Cooke (mother)
Lila E. Cooke (sister)
Grover L. Cooke (brother)
Nettie L. Cooke (sister)
George H. Cooke (brother)
Edward W. Cooke (brother)
Harold Cooke (brother)
Rudolph Cooke (brother)
More information
Pvt Claude W. Cooke enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on 16 July 1941. He was sent overseas in December 1943.He was reported seriously wounded in action on 23 September 1944 by small arms fire in the abdomen when the 2nd Battalion took positions on the road from Niederfeilen to Ettelbruck. After recovering, he rejoined his unit.
Early December 1944 he was wounded by artillery shell fragments on the chin and in his face. The exact date and the location where he died is not known.
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. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, Barbara Ilie - Durham County Library