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Personal info

Full name
STOCKER, John Thomas
Date of birth
13 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
New York City, New York County, New York
Hometown
Williamstown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33341408
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 4 17

Immediate family

Members
John H. Stocker (father)
Katharine (Kelley) Stocker (mother)
Anne E. (Houtz) Stocker (wife)
John E. Stocker (son)

More information

S/Sgt John T. Stocker graduated from Sacred Heart High School.

His father died when he was very small and he was reared by his grandparents, the late Thomas and Mrs. Katherine Kelly of Williamstown.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 20 October 1942.

His son died on 13 June 1944 when he was 2 months old.

S/Sgt Stocker was killed when his jeep ran over a landmine.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands on 8 October 1944.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, - WWII Draft Card, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Marriage Record / Death Certificate, www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl, www.newspapers.com - The Evening News / Elizabethville Echo / West Schuylkill Herald

Photo source: www.findagrave,com - Des Philippet, Lea en Hans Bürschgens