Corporal Robert Lock served in the 1st Marine Battalion, 1st Marine Division in World War II, in the South Pacific. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in April 1939 at age 17 and was released from service in January 1945.
He was combat-wounded by a Japanese bayonet and a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Later in life, he served as a U.S. Naval Photographer at the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Philadelphia and an officer in Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, rising to the rank of Captain and commanding Upper Main Line Composite Squadron 1006 in Paoli.
He was also a civilian professional photographer.
He died in 1990, leaving his spouse, Grace Lorentz Lock, 2 daughters, Anita and Connie; and 5 grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his son Robert.
He was combat-wounded by a Japanese bayonet and a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Later in life, he served as a U.S. Naval Photographer at the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Philadelphia and an officer in Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, rising to the rank of Captain and commanding Upper Main Line Composite Squadron 1006 in Paoli.
He was also a civilian professional photographer.
He died in 1990, leaving his spouse, Grace Lorentz Lock, 2 daughters, Anita and Connie; and 5 grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his son Robert.
Corporal Robert Lock served in the 1st Marine Battalion, 1st Marine Division in World War II, in the South Pacific. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in April 1939 at age 17 and was released from service in January 1945.
He was combat-wounded by a Japanese bayonet and a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Later in life, he served as a U.S. Naval Photographer at the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Philadelphia and an officer in Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, rising to the rank of Captain and commanding Upper Main Line Composite Squadron 1006 in Paoli.
He was also a civilian professional photographer.
He died in 1990, leaving his spouse, Grace Lorentz Lock, 2 daughters, Anita and Connie; and 5 grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his son Robert.
He was combat-wounded by a Japanese bayonet and a recipient of the Purple Heart.
Later in life, he served as a U.S. Naval Photographer at the U.S. Naval Shipyard at Philadelphia and an officer in Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, rising to the rank of Captain and commanding Upper Main Line Composite Squadron 1006 in Paoli.
He was also a civilian professional photographer.
He died in 1990, leaving his spouse, Grace Lorentz Lock, 2 daughters, Anita and Connie; and 5 grandchildren. He was pre-deceased by his son Robert.
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