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Personal info

Full name
STOCKNA, Bernard A
Date of birth
24 December 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Watertown, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
Middlebury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31106560
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
26 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 7 26

Immediate family

Members
Anthony Stockna (father)
Margaret Stockna (mother)
Anna Stockna (sister)
Anthony Stockna (brother)
Margaret Stockna (sister)
Helen Stockna (sister)
William Stockna (brother)
Charles Stockna (brother)

More information

Sgt Bernard A. Stockna enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 21 April 1942.

He was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

At the time of his death, the 2nd Infantry Regiment was engaged in the vicinity of Consdorf, Berdorf, Luxembourg

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder

Photo source: Peter Schouteten