Basil M. Cook

World War II
Service #35777225
Unit32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From West Virginia
Date of DeathNovember 25 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Private First Class Basil M. Cook were accounted for in 2024. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at the Netherlands American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.