Monument Details

2Lt Claude B. Cook Memorial Marker

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Details:

Behind the star-shaped monument.

Marker

An upright grave-style memorial with a rectangular black plaque on the front honoring Second Lieutenant Claude B. Cook, recognized as the first Allied soldier to be killed on Belgian soil during the liberation on September 2, 1944.

Monument Text:

Second Lieutenant

Claude B. Cook

A Company

60^th Regiment

9^th Infantry Division

Commemorates:

People:

Claude Bunyan Cook

Units:

1st US Army

60th Infantry Regiment

9th Infantry Division

United States Army

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