The Hockenberry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,086 people carried this name — #8,114 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,844 in 2000.

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In print

Hockenberry in American newspapers,
1901–1924.

Newspaper page from Clarke Courier carrying the name Hockenberry
Clarke Courier 1924-09-04
Newspaper page from Bellows Falls Times carrying the name Hockenberry
Bellows Falls Times 1901-04-04
Newspaper page from Nogales Daily Herald carrying the name Hockenberry
Nogales Daily Herald 1918-12-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,467 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hockenberry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hope Newell 1895–1965 · public health nurse
  • Charles Hockenberry 1918–2007 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hockenberry,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States172 records

172 records of the Hockenberry name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 128
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 28
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Floyd Hockenberry

    Born 1923 in New York. Enlisted 1943 at Rochester; pressman from Monroe County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Bath National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edwin Cloyd Hockenberry

    Born 1948; from East Waterford, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Larry Hockenberry

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1952, died 1995; buried at Kendrick Cemetery, Tyler, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 172 records for Hockenberry in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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