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Personal info

Full name
MOCKEVICIUS, Edward A
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31464433
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rimschweiler-Zweibrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 29 30

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Mockevicius (father)
Helen (Buldulski) Mockevicius (mother)
Genevieve Mockevicius (sister)
Vito Mockevicius (brother)
John Mockevicius (half-brother)
Annie Mockevicius (half-sister)
Alice Mockevicius (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Edward A. Mockevicius attended high school for three years and was an author.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 20 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments at his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

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