Minnesota Discovery Center

John Alexander Mockey, None

conflict:World War II
branch:Army
rank:Sergeant
serial number:
location:Medical Detachment of the 12th Infantry Regiment in Rhineland and Central Europe. Technician Fourth Grade is equal to the rank of Sergeant.
enlistment date:June 15, 1942
place enlisted:Fort Snelling, MN
discharge date:Nov. 3, 1945
place discharged:Camp Butner, NC
decorations: Bronze Star Medal (1941-)
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1941-1946)
Good Conduct Medal (U. S. Armed Forces)
Purple Heart (1932-)
Service Star(s)
World War II Victory Medal (1941-1946)
history:He was wounded in action on November 24, 1944, in Germeton, Germany.
service documents:
references:(1) Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War Two Project (2004?), p. 209; (2) Chisholm War History Committee Records. Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm, Minnesota.

Personal Information

date of birth:June 11, 1920
birth place:
home town:Chisholm, MN
date of death:Feb. 9, 1975
father:Frank Mockey
mother:Helen Mockey (nee Sinko)
siblings:
school:None

Last update: 12/01/2015