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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.
Matej Kocak was a U.S. Marine Corps sergeant who received both the Army and Navy Medal of Honor for his actions in France in 1918. He attacked and disabled two machine-gun nests alone and led French colonial soldiers in another assault.
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 a Slovak-born U.S. Marine who fought in Mexico, the Dominican Republic and World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in France in 1918, but was killed in action shortly after.
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 was a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I. He attacked and disabled two machinegun nests alone and led 25 French soldiers in another assault.
