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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Matej_KocakMatej Kocak - Wikipedia

    Matej Kocak (December 3, 1882 – October 4, 1918), a United States Marine Corps sergeant, was posthumously awarded both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor, [1] for "heroism above and beyond the call of duty" in action against the enemy on July 18, 1918.

  2. Born: December 31, 1882, Gbely, Austria (now in Slovakia) Died: October 4, 1918, Blanc Mont Ridge, France. Buried: Meuse Argonne Cemetery (MH) (D-41-32), Romagne Meuse, France. More Information. U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Matej Kocak was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War I.

  3. Matej Kocak was born in Austria, near the Czechoslovakian Hungarian border in 1882. He emigrated to the United States in 1906, and on 16 October 1907, enlisted in the Marine Corps in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and began his 11-year Marine Corps career at Marine Barracks, League Island, Pennsylvania.

  4. Sgt Matej Kocak was a U.S. Marine who twice received the Medal of Honor for his heroism in World War I. He was born in Slovakia, immigrated to the U.S., and fought in Mexico, Santo Domingo, and France before his death in 1918.

  5. Matej Kocak. MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION. Also received the Army Medal of Honor. When the advance of his battalion was checked by a hidden machinegun nest, he went forward alone, unprotected by covering fire from his own men, and worked in between the German positions in the face of fire from enemy covering detachments.

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  7. www.history.navy.mil › k › kocak-matejKocak, Matej - NHHC

    Matej Kocak was born on 31 December 1882 in Gbely, Slovakia (then part of the Austrio-Hungarian Empire). Emigrating to the United States in 1906, he enlisted from New York in the U.S. Marine Corps a year later. Following training, his first duty station was at the Marine Barracks, League Island, Pennsylvania, then transferred to the Marine Barracks, New York Navy Yard, New York. During the ...

  8. www.uswarmemorials.org › html › people_detailsKocak Matej

    Matej Kocak. Rank: Sergeant. Serial Number: Unit: 5th Marines. Date of Death: 1918-10-04. State: New York. Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, Fra. Plot: D. Row: 41. Grave: 32. Decoration: Congressional Medal of Honor (Army and Navy) Comments: Kocak was awarded his Medals of Honor for action south of Soissons, France, 18 July 1918.

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