Roy Jewell Cook was born Mar, 3, 1917 to Alva and Flora Ellen Merle Cook. He died June 6, 1944 and is buried in Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.
Sgt. Cook served in World War II with the U.S. Army 81st Chemical Battalion and was KIA on D-Day when an enemy artillery shell pierced the starboard side of his landing craft amidship before it reached shore. The LCT drifted in the Channel until the current brought it into Omaha Beach around 10:30 a.m. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Source: ancestry.com; abmc.gov
