This memorial is a cenotaph only as Sgt. Cook was Missing in Action.
To visit his cenotaph in Manila, click on link below:
SGT. JAMES E. COOK
(NOTE: There is a discrepancy between the date of death on the Manila cenotaph and the Kansas cenotaph headstone.) This is not UN-common occurence when memorials are transcribed from old written/recorded material)
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WORLD WAR II and KOREAN CONFLICT VETERANS INTERRED OVERSEAS:
Name: James E Cook
Inducted From: Kansas
Rank: Sergeant
Combat Organization: Headquarters Squadron 5th Bomber Group Heavy
Death Date: 12 Feb 1943
Monument: Fort William Mckinley, Manila, the Philippines
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal; Air Medal; and Additional Army Awards
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NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Allen County, Kansas...Killed In Action
This memorial is a cenotaph only as Sgt. Cook was Missing in Action.
To visit his cenotaph in Manila, click on link below:
SGT. JAMES E. COOK
(NOTE: There is a discrepancy between the date of death on the Manila cenotaph and the Kansas cenotaph headstone.) This is not UN-common occurence when memorials are transcribed from old written/recorded material)
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WORLD WAR II and KOREAN CONFLICT VETERANS INTERRED OVERSEAS:
Name: James E Cook
Inducted From: Kansas
Rank: Sergeant
Combat Organization: Headquarters Squadron 5th Bomber Group Heavy
Death Date: 12 Feb 1943
Monument: Fort William Mckinley, Manila, the Philippines
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal; Air Medal; and Additional Army Awards
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NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Allen County, Kansas...Killed In Action
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IN MEMORY OF JAMES EUGENE COOK
MISSING IN ACTION - SOUTH PACIFIC
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IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHOSE FINAL RESTING PLACE IS KNOWN TO GOD ALONE.
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