PFC Dean Leroy Cook (1924-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

PFC Dean Leroy Cook Veteran

Birth

19 May 1924

Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA

Death

25 Dec 1944 (aged 20)

At Sea

Burial

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map

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Killed aboard the SS Leopoldville when it was sunk off the coast of Cherbourg, France, Christmas Eve, 1944. Body never recovered.

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Entered the service from Iowa.

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Parents

Virgil Lewis Cook

1897–1954
Mabel Livermore Cook

1899–1974

Siblings

Robert Dean Cook

1918–1918
Wayne Lewis Cook

1920–2011
Beverly Ruth Cook Selby

1927–1975

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Wayne Lewis Cook

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Virgil Lewis Cook

Mabel Livermore Cook

Robert Dean Cook

Wayne Lewis Cook

Beverly Ruth Cook Selby

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