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2Lt Marvin L Dock

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2Lt Marvin L Dock

Birth
Aneta, Nelson County, North Dakota, USA
Death
25 Feb 1944 (aged 25)
Nuremberg, Stadtkreis Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Burial
Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map
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Section C, Row 13, Grave 73
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Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, 733rd Bomb Squadron, 453rd Bomb Group, World War II.

Navigator aboard B-24H Liberator #42-52302 'Ken-O-Kay.'

Shot down by anti aircraft artillery flak on mission to Furth, and crashed just north of Nuremberg, Germany.

The crew KIA were:

1st Lt. Paul E Kloeppel, Pilot
2nd Lt. Barrette L Baker, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward V Chovancak, Bombardier
2nd Lt. Marvin L. Dock, Navigator
Sgt. Walter R Carmack, Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. James J Corban, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Rufus Emmons, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William A Hauser, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Wayne T Lillibridge, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Walton T Seed, Waist Gunner

Entered the service from North Dakota; Nelson County; ASN O-738828
Enlisted at San Francisco, CA, July 15, 1941.
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, 733rd Bomb Squadron, 453rd Bomb Group, World War II.

Navigator aboard B-24H Liberator #42-52302 'Ken-O-Kay.'

Shot down by anti aircraft artillery flak on mission to Furth, and crashed just north of Nuremberg, Germany.

The crew KIA were:

1st Lt. Paul E Kloeppel, Pilot
2nd Lt. Barrette L Baker, Co-pilot
2nd Lt. Edward V Chovancak, Bombardier
2nd Lt. Marvin L. Dock, Navigator
Sgt. Walter R Carmack, Radio Operator/Gunner
S/Sgt. James J Corban, Ball Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. Rufus Emmons, Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
S/Sgt. William A Hauser, Waist Gunner
S/Sgt. Wayne T Lillibridge, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt. Walton T Seed, Waist Gunner

Entered the service from North Dakota; Nelson County; ASN O-738828
Enlisted at San Francisco, CA, July 15, 1941.

Inscription

2LT 733 BOMB SQ 453 BOMB GP (H)
CALIFORNIA FEB 25 1944

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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56654474/marvin_l-dock: accessed ), memorial page for 2Lt Marvin L Dock (18 Oct 1918–25 Feb 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56654474, citing Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).