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Matej Kocak (December 3, 1882 – October 4, 1918), a United States Marine Corps sergeant, was posthumously awarded both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor, for "heroism above and beyond the call of duty" in action against the enemy on July 18, 1918.
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Matej Kocak was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War I.
When a hidden machine gun nest halted the advance of his battalion, Sergeant Kocak went forward alone unprotected by covering fire and worked his way in between the German positions in the face of heavy enemy fire.
Matej Kocak. DATE OF BIRTH: December 31, 1882. PLACE OF BIRTH: Egbell, Austria. HOME OF RECORD: New York, New York. Sergeant Kocak was initially awarded the Army Medal of Honor, and...
Matej Kocak was born on 31 December 1882 in Gbely, Slovakia (then part of the Austrio-Hungarian Empire). Emigrating to the United States in 1906, he enlisted from New York in the U.S....
Matej Kocak was born in Austria, near the Czechoslovakian Hungarian border in 1882. He emigrated to the United States in 1906, and on 16 October 1907, enlisted in the Marine Corps in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and began his 11-year Marine Corps career at Marine Barracks, League Island, Pennsylvania.
Matej Kocak. MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION. Also received the Army Medal of Honor. When the advance of his battalion was checked by a hidden machinegun nest, he went forward alone, unprotected by covering fire from his own men, and worked in between the German positions in the face of fire from enemy covering detachments.
