Jacob G. Cook
Service #: 6442986
Entered Service From: Louisiana
Rank: Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy
Unit: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Death: 13 July 1943, missing in action after his ship, the destroyer, U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433), was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). He was officially declared dead 10 August 1945.
Status: Missing In Action
Memorialized: Manila American Cemetery – Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Son of Jacob Henry Cook (1894-1946) and Edna Du Cuercon (1897-1929).
Jacob Gerald Cook enlisted in the U.S. Navy (S/N 644-29-86) on 24 February 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was received on board the destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433) on 27 April 1942.
Seaman First Class Jacob G. Cook, U.S. Navy, was serving aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433) when she was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 amidships in her engine room and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). Two officers and 59 men were killed or missing. Jacob was one of those missing. He was officially declared dead 10 August 1945. The ship was so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled.
Seaman First Class Jacob G. Cook is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Service #: 6442986
Entered Service From: Louisiana
Rank: Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy
Unit: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Death: 13 July 1943, missing in action after his ship, the destroyer, U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433), was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). He was officially declared dead 10 August 1945.
Status: Missing In Action
Memorialized: Manila American Cemetery – Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Son of Jacob Henry Cook (1894-1946) and Edna Du Cuercon (1897-1929).
Jacob Gerald Cook enlisted in the U.S. Navy (S/N 644-29-86) on 24 February 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was received on board the destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433) on 27 April 1942.
Seaman First Class Jacob G. Cook, U.S. Navy, was serving aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433) when she was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 amidships in her engine room and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). Two officers and 59 men were killed or missing. Jacob was one of those missing. He was officially declared dead 10 August 1945. The ship was so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled.
Seaman First Class Jacob G. Cook is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Jacob G. Cook
Service #: 6442986
Entered Service From: Louisiana
Rank: Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy
Unit: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Death: 13 July 1943, missing in action after his ship, the destroyer, U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433), was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). He was officially declared dead 10 August 1945.
Status: Missing In Action
Memorialized: Manila American Cemetery – Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Son of Jacob Henry Cook (1894-1946) and Edna Du Cuercon (1897-1929).
Jacob Gerald Cook enlisted in the U.S. Navy (S/N 644-29-86) on 24 February 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was received on board the destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433) on 27 April 1942.
Seaman First Class Jacob G. Cook, U.S. Navy, was serving aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433) when she was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 amidships in her engine room and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). Two officers and 59 men were killed or missing. Jacob was one of those missing. He was officially declared dead 10 August 1945. The ship was so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled.
Seaman First Class Jacob G. Cook is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
Service #: 6442986
Entered Service From: Louisiana
Rank: Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy
Unit: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Death: 13 July 1943, missing in action after his ship, the destroyer, U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433), was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). He was officially declared dead 10 August 1945.
Status: Missing In Action
Memorialized: Manila American Cemetery – Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy
Awards: Purple Heart
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Son of Jacob Henry Cook (1894-1946) and Edna Du Cuercon (1897-1929).
Jacob Gerald Cook enlisted in the U.S. Navy (S/N 644-29-86) on 24 February 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was received on board the destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433) on 27 April 1942.
Seaman First Class Jacob G. Cook, U.S. Navy, was serving aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Gwin (DD-433) when she was hit by a Japanese torpedo in the early morning hours of 13 July 1943 amidships in her engine room and exploded in the Battle of Kolombangara (in Kula Gulf off the northeastern coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands). Two officers and 59 men were killed or missing. Jacob was one of those missing. He was officially declared dead 10 August 1945. The ship was so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled.
Seaman First Class Jacob G. Cook is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
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Entered the service from Louisiana.
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