Cooke, Elliott D, BG

Deceased

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Brigadier General

Last Service Branch
Inspector General Corps

Last Primary MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1942-1946, 0002, Office of the Inspector General, US Army Inspector General Agency (USAIGA)

Service Years
1914 - 1950

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1891

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Contact Info

Date of Passing Feb 18, 1961
Location of Interment Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (VA) - San Antonio, Texas	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section H Lot 340

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1961, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Enlisted Nov 1914 to June 1917.
Commissioned June 1917 as 2LT of Infantry.

BG Cooke was awarded two Silver Star Citations (later converted to Silver Star Medals) and a Wound Stripe (later converted to Purple Heart) for gallantry and wounds sustained during World War I.

Tranferred from Infantry to Inspector General Corps in June 1939.
Retired Oct 1950.

1942-1946, 0002, Office of the Inspector General, US Army Inspector General Agency (USAIGA)

From Month/Year - / 1942	To Month/Year - / 1946
Unit Office of the Inspector General Unit Page
Rank Brigadier General	MOS 0002-General Officer
Base, Fort or City Not Specified	State/Country District Of Columbia

Patch	Office of the Inspector General, US Army Inspector General Agency (USAIGA) Details

	Type Support
	Parent Unit US Army Inspector General Agency (USAIGA)	Strength Army Command
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jul 24, 2018

Memories For This Unit
Other Memories Chief, Overseas Inspection Division

Yearbook

My Photos For This Unit

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6 Members Also There at Same Time

Office of the Inspector General

Sultan, Daniel Isom, LTG, (1907-1947)	USA	0002	Lieutenant General
Brown, Philip, MG, (1917-1945)	AG	9310	Major General
Peterson, Virgil Lee, MG, (1908-1946)	AG	9310	Major General
Snyder, Howard, MG, (1908-1960)	MD	3000	Major General
Davis, Benjamin Oliver, BG, (1898-1948)	AG	9310	Brigadier General
Taylor, William Nicholson, LTC, (1917-1943)			Lieutenant Colonel