Charles Daniel Rock

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
Purple Heart Medal Awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Forces, after April 5, 1917, has been wounded, killed, or who has died or may hereafter die of wounds received in action against an enemy of the United States.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded to Service members serving outside the Continental United States in the American Theater for at least 30 days between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946, or who served during that period for an aggregate period of 1 year in the Continental United States.
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal Awarded for military service with the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.
 Note that this list may not include all awarded medals, devices, unit citations or qualification badges.

Documents, Forms and Resources Found or Not Found:
Yes Application For Headstone or Marker, OQMG Form 623
No  American Battle Monuments Commission website listing
No  Enlistment Records, National Archives Database
No  Eyewitness Statement or Report
Yes Grave Marker Photo, Find A Grave
Yes Official 767th Tank Battalion After Action Report
No  Photo of veteran
No  Washington Newspaper Obit, Notice, or Report
Yes WWII Draft Card Data, below on this page
No  WWII Hospital Admission Records

WWII Draft Card Data
Charles Daniel Rock
Race, Gender: White, Male
Age: 18  -  Relationship to Draftee: Self
Birth Date: October 26, 1924
Birth Place: Seattle, Washington
Residence Place: Seattle, King County, Washington
Registration Date: December 18, 1942
Registration Place: Washington State
Employer: Edward Lybeck Sears And Roebuck
Height: 5' 3"   -  Weight: 152
Eye Color: Brown   -  Hair Color: Brown
Complexion: Dark
Next of Kin: Wm Wallace Rock, Father
Members of Household: Charles Daniel Rock, Self
End of report

WWII Hospital Admission Records - None Found -

Note 1, Death Location: "On Leyte" is based on the best information available at this time. In the case of PVT Rock, this location was estimated on:

A. His OQMC Form 623, Application For Headstone or Marker, identifies his assigned unit as Company A, the 767th Tank Battalion, and date of death as October 22, 1944.

B. At the time PVT Rock was Died of Wounds the 767th was conducting combat operations near On Leyte during October 1944.

C. The 767th Tank Battalion After Action Report records that he had been wounded on October 20, 1944.

D. Further information on the 767th Tank Battalion can be found at the US 767 Tank Battalion Pacific 1944 website https://mikesresearch.com/2019/09/22/us-767-tank-battalion-pacific-1944/.

Anyone with additional information or a more specific location is welcomed and encouraged to submit an email to: ww2updates@withmilitaryhonors.com.

The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
 Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)   - None Found -

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