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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, for "heroism above and beyond the call of duty" in action against the enemy on July 18, 1918.
Matej Kocak. Details. Rank: Sergeant. Conflict/Era: World War I. Unit/Command: 66th Company, 5th Regiment, 2d Division. Military Service Branch: U.S. Marine Corps. Medal of Honor Action Date: July 18, 1918. Medal of Honor Action Place: Soissons, France. Citation. [Received both the Army and Navy Medal of Honor for the same deed.]
For "heroism above and beyond the call of duty" in action against the enemy on 18 July 1918, Sgt Matej Kocak was posthumously awarded both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor. Almost three months later, on 4 October 1918, he was killed in action by enemy gunfire in the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge in France while serving as a member of the 66th ...
SS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005), (former SS Sgt. Matej Kocak (AK-3005) and USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005)), is the lead ship of the Sgt. Matej Kocak-class cargo ship built in 1981. The ship is named after Sergeant Matej Kocak, an American Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor during World War I. Construction and commissioning
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.
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 ...
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Sergeant Matej Kocak was a U.S. Marine who twice received the U.S. military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions during World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor from both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy for the same action on 18 July 1918 near Soissons, France. [It is no longer allowed to award two Medals ...
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