On 30 December 1948, the U. S. Army Transport Barney Kirschbaum arrived at the Brooklyn Army Base bearing the bodes of 4,384 war dead.

On of those men was Pvt Isaac Z. Cook

Pvt. Isaac Cook,
Killed in Holland

   Funeral services for Pvt. Isaac Cook, formerly of 1133 42d St., who was killed in action on Sept. 19, 1944. at Nijmegen, Holland, will be held at 8 p.m. next Tuesday at  Fort Hamilton Park.  Burial will be in the National Cemetery at Pinelawn on Wednesday, at 10 a.m.
   Private Cook, a paratrooper, was 20 at the time of his death. He served with Company 505 of the 82d Airborne All American Division, and had seen action In Italy.
   Besides his mother. Mrs. Irene Disa, of the 42d St. address, he also leaves a sister, Edith Disa.
   The New York Naval Ship Post 12fi. Veterans of Foreign participate in the funeral rites'

[The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY, 14 Jan 1949, Fri, Page 11]

[courtesy of "Kim"]

Grave marker for Pvt Isaac Z. Cook in Plot J, Grave 15495, Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale (Suffolk), NY.

Isaac enlisted in the Army at New York City, NY on 12 October 1942.  On 17 October he was transferred from Camp Upton, NY to Company A, 508th PIR.

Pvt Cook was hospitalized for reasons unknown on 26 December 1942.  On December 28, while still hospitalized, he was transferred to Hq 1st.  He returned to duty on 1 January 1943.

Morning report records for Hq 1st between March and August 1943 are missing.  It is presumed that Pvt Cook was transferred during that period.

On 19 September 1944, Pvt Cook was killed in action while serving with Company B, 505th PIR

He was initially buried in the Temporary American War Cemetery at Molenhoek, Holland on 21 September 1944, in grave A-1-19,