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Personal info

Full name
COOK, Stephen
Date of birth
21 November 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36326381
Rank
Corporal
Function
Gunner
Unit
C Company,
705th Tank Destroyer Battalion,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
South of Noville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 1 7

Immediate family

Members
Michael E. Cook (brother)

More information

Stephen Cook was a woodworker.

He enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 23 March 1942.

He was killed by a direct hit on his tank destroyer.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium on 17 May 1945, after his remains were evacuated from the vicinity where he was killed. He was given his final resting place at Henri-Chapelle on 26 November 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, WWIIMemorial.com, archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record, history.army.mil, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten