- SURNAME
Mock
- FORENAME
George Fredrick
- UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company B)
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
452430
- DATE OF DEATH
20th July 1943
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot D, Row 16, Grave 9
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 04.03.1921, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, USA
father Roland S. Mock (1893-1959)
mother Emma (nee Hawkes) Mock (1899-1961)
1939 graduated Tamaqua High School
employed by Atlas Powder Co.
09.1942 entered service
Next of kin - Father Mr. Roland Mock, 249 Cedar Street, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
KIA Bairoko, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
DATE OF DEATH:
20-Jul-1943FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56768343/george-f-mockSERVICE HISTORY:
MOCK, George F., Pvt 521/745(Rifleman) SN: 452430
Born: 04 Mar 1921 Pennsylvania
Enlisted USMCR: 31 Aug 1942 (Home of Record: 249 Cedar Street, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania)
Died: 20 Jul 1943 (KIA, Bairoko, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Fort William McKinley Cemetery, Manila, P.I. (Section D, Grave 169)
1st Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Sep 1942 Pvt, 1stRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “31Aug42; 1, jdfr CRD; 17, Jdenl at DHS Phila., Pa.”
7th Separate Recruit Battalion, NRTC, FMF, Marine Barracks, New River, NC
Oct 1942 Pvt, 7thSepRecBn, NRTC, FMF, MB, New River, NC “31Aug42; 4, jdfr 1stRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC; 4-24, under instn, act d status; 25, tr fr Cl III(c) to Cl III(b) USMCR; 25, to 1stReplBn, Post”
Headquarters Company, 1st Replacement Battalion, FMF, Training Center, Marine Barracks, New River, NC
Oct 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 1stReplBn, MB, New River, NC “26, jdfr 7thSepRecBn, NRTC, Post”
Jan 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 1stReplBn, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, In the Field “1, to 2dDefBn (Reinf), In the Field”
3” Anti Aircraft Group, 2nd Defense Battalion, Reinforced, 2nd Marine Brigade, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, 3” AA Grp, 2ndDefBn (Rein), 2ndMarBrig, in the Field “31Aug42; 1, jdfr 1stReplBn, 2dMarBrig, In the Field”
Company B, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co B, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “16-20 and 22-24, on bd APD in conn with spl trng.”
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co B, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “31Aug42; 4, emb abd USS KILTY at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 4, underway; 5, landed on enemy territory and participated in action on New Georgia, B.S.I.; 20, KIA (at Bairoko) on New Georgia, B.S.I and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
Born: 04 Mar 1921 Pennsylvania
Enlisted USMCR: 31 Aug 1942 (Home of Record: 249 Cedar Street, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania)
Died: 20 Jul 1943 (KIA, Bairoko, New Georgia Island, British Solomon Islands)
Interred: Fort William McKinley Cemetery, Manila, P.I. (Section D, Grave 169)
1st Recruit Battalion, Recruit Depot, Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC
Sep 1942 Pvt, 1stRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC “31Aug42; 1, jdfr CRD; 17, Jdenl at DHS Phila., Pa.”
7th Separate Recruit Battalion, NRTC, FMF, Marine Barracks, New River, NC
Oct 1942 Pvt, 7thSepRecBn, NRTC, FMF, MB, New River, NC “31Aug42; 4, jdfr 1stRecBn, RDep, MB, Parris Island, SC; 4-24, under instn, act d status; 25, tr fr Cl III(c) to Cl III(b) USMCR; 25, to 1stReplBn, Post”
Headquarters Company, 1st Replacement Battalion, FMF, Training Center, Marine Barracks, New River, NC
Oct 1942 Pvt, HqCo, 1stReplBn, MB, New River, NC “26, jdfr 7thSepRecBn, NRTC, Post”
Jan 1943 Pvt, HqCo, 1stReplBn, 2ndMarBrig, FMF, In the Field “1, to 2dDefBn (Reinf), In the Field”
3” Anti Aircraft Group, 2nd Defense Battalion, Reinforced, 2nd Marine Brigade, In the Field
Jan 1943 Pvt, 3” AA Grp, 2ndDefBn (Rein), 2ndMarBrig, in the Field “31Aug42; 1, jdfr 1stReplBn, 2dMarBrig, In the Field”
Company B, 1st Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Raider Regiment, FMF, In the Field
Apr 1943 Pvt, Co B, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “16-20 and 22-24, on bd APD in conn with spl trng.”
Jul 1943 Pvt, Co B, 1stRdrBn, 1stMarRdrRegt, FMF, In the Field (New Georgia, B.S.I.) “31Aug42; 4, emb abd USS KILTY at Guadalcanal, B.S.I. and sailed therefrom same date; 4, underway; 5, landed on enemy territory and participated in action on New Georgia, B.S.I.; 20, KIA (at Bairoko) on New Georgia, B.S.I and buried on island; GO#20 does not apply.
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