Baxter Hughes Cook

Korean War
Service #424847
Unit3 COMPRON
RankLieutenant Junior Grade U.S. Navy
Date of DeathMarch 9 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
3 COMPRON
Combat Action Ribbon (Navy)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
For his leadership and valor, Lieutenant Junior Grade Cook was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Cook was the pilot of a F4U-5N Corsair Night Fighter with Composite Squadron 3 aboard the aircraft carrier USS PRINCETON (CV-37). On March 9, 1951, while on a combat mission, his aircraft plunged into the sea at Latitude 39° 57' North, Longitude 128° 56' East. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on April 19, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.