Published in the Athens Review January 13, 1949
Re-burial services for Pvt. Lester Cook, 23, of Eustace were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Eustace Baptist Church. The Rev. J.W. Williford officiated.
Interment was in Moorhead Cemetery.
Private Cook was killed in action in Belgium January, 1945. Entering the Armed Services in January 1940, he received his basic training at Camp Mabry, Texas. He served in England, France and Belgium and had been awarded three battle stars and the Purple Heart.
Survivors are his father, Edward N. Cook of Eustace; one brother, Alfred Cook of Houston and two sisters, Mrs. Opal Tidwell of Fort Worth and Mrs. Alda Sitton of Tyler.
Carroll and Lehr Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #6955120
Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 513th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division
Lester W. Cook is listed as Died Of Wounds in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Henderson County, Texas.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists form signed for by Edward N. Cook of R.R. #1, Eustace, Texas on 01/17/1949.
***I would like to thank DonZas Find A Grave ID 46515642 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank James A Gamblin Find A Grave ID 46962775 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank James Durham Find A Grave ID 46994633 for updating DOB/DOD locations, the middle name and rank, the inscription and also linking family members to this memorial***
Re-burial services for Pvt. Lester Cook, 23, of Eustace were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Eustace Baptist Church. The Rev. J.W. Williford officiated.
Interment was in Moorhead Cemetery.
Private Cook was killed in action in Belgium January, 1945. Entering the Armed Services in January 1940, he received his basic training at Camp Mabry, Texas. He served in England, France and Belgium and had been awarded three battle stars and the Purple Heart.
Survivors are his father, Edward N. Cook of Eustace; one brother, Alfred Cook of Houston and two sisters, Mrs. Opal Tidwell of Fort Worth and Mrs. Alda Sitton of Tyler.
Carroll and Lehr Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #6955120
Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 513th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division
Lester W. Cook is listed as Died Of Wounds in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Henderson County, Texas.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists form signed for by Edward N. Cook of R.R. #1, Eustace, Texas on 01/17/1949.
***I would like to thank DonZas Find A Grave ID 46515642 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank James A Gamblin Find A Grave ID 46962775 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank James Durham Find A Grave ID 46994633 for updating DOB/DOD locations, the middle name and rank, the inscription and also linking family members to this memorial***
Published in the Athens Review January 13, 1949
Re-burial services for Pvt. Lester Cook, 23, of Eustace were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Eustace Baptist Church. The Rev. J.W. Williford officiated.
Interment was in Moorhead Cemetery.
Private Cook was killed in action in Belgium January, 1945. Entering the Armed Services in January 1940, he received his basic training at Camp Mabry, Texas. He served in England, France and Belgium and had been awarded three battle stars and the Purple Heart.
Survivors are his father, Edward N. Cook of Eustace; one brother, Alfred Cook of Houston and two sisters, Mrs. Opal Tidwell of Fort Worth and Mrs. Alda Sitton of Tyler.
Carroll and Lehr Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #6955120
Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 513th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division
Lester W. Cook is listed as Died Of Wounds in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Henderson County, Texas.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists form signed for by Edward N. Cook of R.R. #1, Eustace, Texas on 01/17/1949.
***I would like to thank DonZas Find A Grave ID 46515642 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank James A Gamblin Find A Grave ID 46962775 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank James Durham Find A Grave ID 46994633 for updating DOB/DOD locations, the middle name and rank, the inscription and also linking family members to this memorial***
Re-burial services for Pvt. Lester Cook, 23, of Eustace were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Eustace Baptist Church. The Rev. J.W. Williford officiated.
Interment was in Moorhead Cemetery.
Private Cook was killed in action in Belgium January, 1945. Entering the Armed Services in January 1940, he received his basic training at Camp Mabry, Texas. He served in England, France and Belgium and had been awarded three battle stars and the Purple Heart.
Survivors are his father, Edward N. Cook of Eustace; one brother, Alfred Cook of Houston and two sisters, Mrs. Opal Tidwell of Fort Worth and Mrs. Alda Sitton of Tyler.
Carroll and Lehr Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #6955120
Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 513th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division
Lester W. Cook is listed as Died Of Wounds in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Henderson County, Texas.
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists form signed for by Edward N. Cook of R.R. #1, Eustace, Texas on 01/17/1949.
***I would like to thank DonZas Find A Grave ID 46515642 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank James A Gamblin Find A Grave ID 46962775 for adding his gravesite photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank James Durham Find A Grave ID 46994633 for updating DOB/DOD locations, the middle name and rank, the inscription and also linking family members to this memorial***
Gravesite Details
LESTER W COOK
TEXAS
PVT 513 PRCHT INF 17 ABN DIV
WORLD WAR II
APRIL 23 1921 JAN 5 1945
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