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Personal info

Full name
COOK, George Leslie
Date of birth
1 February 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O1328328
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 January 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 20 18

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. Cook (father)
Ora E. (Applegate) Cook (mother)
Stella Cook (sister)
Dorothy Cook (sister)
Evelyn Cook (sister)
Ora Cook (sister)
Robert M. Cook (brother)
Mary G. Cook (sister)
Margaret S. (Abraham) Cook (wife)
George W. Cook (son)

More information

2nd Lt George L. Cook attended college and was employed as a Credit Manager at Montgomery Ward.

He enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 21 September 1943 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1920/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, Illinois Birth Index, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy