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MOCK, Donald Earl - Date of
birth
3 February 1921 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Ridgeville, Randolph County, Indiana -
Hometown
Lima, Allen County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
15103160 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Left Waist Gunner -
Unit
335th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 July 1943 - Place of
death
Bremen, west of river Elbe, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Earl Mock (father)
Etta O. (Bush) Mock (mother)
Wanda L. Mock (sister)
Norma J. Mock (sister)
Elosie R. (McMillen) Mock (wife)
Barbara J. Mock (daughter)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3264 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Angel of Destruction
Destination: Hannover, Germany
Mission: Bombing of rubber factories
MACR: 193
More information
Donald Mock volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 16 June 1942.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Birth Certificate
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.95thbg.com