World War II Honoree

William Edward Cook

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Cleburne, Texas

Honored By

Danny Jones

Served as a Staff Sergeant in a platoon of Company K, Third Battalion, Second Marines, Second Marine Division, during operations against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Mariana Islands in 1944. Awarded the silver star medal for gallantry in action and the purple heart.