Cook, Russell Henry

Title

Cook, Russell Henry

Last Name

Cook

First and Middle Name

Russell Henry

Hometown

Danville, Virginia

Birth Date

7 September 1895

Death Date

21 July 1971

Parents

William Dawson Cook and Amanda Dillingham Cook

Spouse(s)


Susie Irene Cook

Children

Russell Henry Cook
Mildred Dawson Jofko
William Robert Cook

VPI Graduating Class

1915

Undergraduate Major

Agriculture

Graduated

Yes

Service Branch

Army

Unit

155th Depot Brigade

Rank

Private

Postwar Life

Became high school principal in Roanoke

Files

Russell Henry Cook senior portrait from the 1915 VPI Bugle.jpg
Russell Henry Cook picture from the 1915 VPI Bugle.jpg
Russell Henry Cook from the 1915 VPI Bugle.jpg
North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 for Russell H Cook.jpg

Collection

VPI Class of 1915

Citation

“Cook, Russell Henry,” VPI in World War I, accessed April 18, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/217.

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