MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Cook, Jessie James

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Cook
  • FORENAME
Jessie James
  • UNIT
  • RANK
Private First Class
  • NUMBER
34585613
  • AWARD
Bronze Star,Purple Heart
  • PLACE
Burma 1944
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Randolph County,Alabama
born 15.12.1923 Roanoke,Alabama
son of Harvey and Sallie M. (nee Boyles) Cook
salesman in civilian life
enlisted 15.12.1942 Fort McClellan,Alabama
WIA 16.7.1944 Burma
re-enlisted 19.5.1945
served in Korean War
re-enlisted 22.7.1971
served in Vietnam War
achieved rank of Staff Sergeant US Army
married Dorothy M. Hopkins (1928-2009)
died 20.1.1978 Austin,Texas
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery,San Antonio,Bexar County,Texas Section 3 Site 371
 
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