Mahlon Lester Noecker

Reading Eagle/Reading Times (1946)
"Gets First Stripe"
Mahlon L. Noecker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Noecker, of 509 Chestnut St., West Reading, has been promoted to private first class at Camp Edwards, Mass., according to word received here by his parents. He was inducted into the army in April of this year.

Mahlon L. Noecker enlisted Aug. 6, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed 2 years, 10 months, and 10 days.
Aug. 11, 1935 - Pvt. Mahlon L. Noecker, 1st Recruit Co., Section 3, 6884666, Fort Slocum, New York.
Sep. 17, 1935 - Sailed for Hawaii
San Francisco, California
Panama
Oct. 1935 - Mahlon L. Noecker, Battery A, 15th Coast ARtillery, Fort Kamehameha, Honolulu, T.H.
Nov. 3, 1935 - Btry A., 15th CAC., Fort Kamahamea, T.H. [Hawaii]
Feb. 27, 1937 - Qualification in arms (1G)
June 15, 1938 - Discharged

His second enlistment came on April 6, 1942.
April 1942 - Pvt, Mahlon L. Noecker, Btry C. 3rd A.A.T.N.B.N., Fort Eustis, Virginia.
June 1942 - Btry G. 2nd B.N., 506 C.A. (A.A.) T.2908 Camp Edwards, Massachusetts.
April 1943 - P.F.C. Mahlon L. Noecker, Btry C. 196 C.A.B.N.A.A., Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.
Jan. 1 1944 - P.F.C. Mahlon L. Noecker, Btry C. 427th, A.A.A.B.N., Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.
Feb. 1 1944 - P.F.C. Mahlon L. Noecker, A.S.N. 33168737, Btry C. 427th, A.A.A.B.N., Fort Brady, Michigan.
Feb. 15, 1944 - P.F.C. Mahlon L. Noecker, 33168737, Btry C. 427, A.A.A.Bn. Co., Camp Edwards, Massachusetts.
May 1944 - P.F.C. Mahlon L. Noecker, 113 Inf. Co. C., 33168737, Camp Pickett, Virginia.
Aug. 2, 1944 - P.F.C. Mahlon L. Noecker, A.S.N. Co. B 12th BN., 3rd Inf., Regt A.G.F., Fort George Meade, Maryland
Oct. 1944 - P.F.C. Mahlon L. Noecker, 33168737, Co. A 23rd Armed Inf. B.N., A.P.O. 257, Postmaster N.Y, N.Y.
He was stationed, during World War II, in France, England, Holland, Germany, and Belgium. Killed in action in Belgium Dec. 23, 1944. Age 36 yrs, 10 mo. 10 day. Mahlon was in the "Battle of the Bulge" at the time of his death. He served in the Army with Co. A. 23, R.D. Arme d. inf. B.N., he was a private.

Mahlon L Noecker