WWI · Battle Death Record
Matej Kocak
Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps · New York
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Matej Kocak
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Unit / Regiment
- 66th Company, 5th Marine Regiment
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- October 4, 1918
- Awards
- Medal of Honor (Army & Navy)
- Burial / Memorial
- Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France
Their story
One of only a handful of Marines to receive both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor, for single-handedly knocking out a machine-gun nest at the Battle of Soissons in July 1918. He was killed in action that October.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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