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Author: ELLinSpain
Surnames: YOCKEY
Classification: biography
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U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946
Name: Harris Burton Yockey
Date of Loss: 9 Aug 1942 0
Branch: U.S. Marine Corps
Rank: PVT
Service Number: 327456
Status: Missing in Action
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Harris B Yockey
Inducted From: Indiana
Rank: Private
Combat Organization: United States Marine Corps
Death Date: 10 Aug 1943
Monument: Fort William McKinley, Manila, The Philippines
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
1930
Henry Yockey 37
Mae Yockey 35
Harris B Yockey 10 c1920
Henry G Yockey 8
Marion Yockey 3
Wayne D Yockey 1 8/12
Home in 1930: Posey, Clay, Indiana
BROTHER
WW11 ENLISTMENT
Name: Henry G Yockey
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Indiana
State of Residence: Indiana
County or City: Clay
Enlistment Date: 22 May 1942
Enlistment State: Indiana
Enlistment City: La Fayette
Branch: Air Corps
Branch Code: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six
months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments
effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman
whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the
Army of
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled machine shop and related occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 70
Weight: 136
POW WW11
Name: Henry G Yockey
Race: White
Residence State: Indiana
Report Date: 22 Mar 1944
Latest Report Date: 25 Jul 1945
Grade: Second Lieutenant or Nurse or Dietitian or Physical therapy aide
Grade Notes: Second Lieutenant or Ensign
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Air Corps
Arm or Service Code: Air Corps
Organization Type: Bombardment, Heavy
Parent Unit Type: Group/Regiment/Commands/System
Area Served: European Theatre: Germany
Detaining Country: Germany
Camp: 032
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
Name: Henry G. Yockey
SSN: 310-14-6085
Last Residence: 47601 Boonville, Warrick, Indiana, United States of America
Born: 22 Mar 1922
Died: 23 Mar 1997
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)
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