PVT Jerry Cook

PVT Jerry Cook was born on 18 Oct 1921 in Knott County, Kentucky. He was the third of the ten children born to Dewey and Martha Ida (Fouts) Cook. Dewey farmed, worked as a carpenter and a clerk in a grocery and was a postmaster for a time. Jerry managed to complete two years of high school and then went to work as a farm hand. 

Jerry registered for the draft in June 1942 and was drafted one month later. After completing basic training he was trained as a medic and then sent to England where he was assigned to the 104th Medical Battalion which supported the 29th Infantry Division. PVT Cook was transferred from 104th Medical Battalion to Medical Detachment 116th Infantry on 11 Jun 1944.  On 12 Jun 1944 he was attached to C Company 116th Infantry.  On 18 Jun 1944 he was killed action. 

PVT Cook was repatriated and re-interred in the Cook Cemetery in Dry Creek, Kentucky.