The Shockey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,467 people carried this name — #7,461 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,406 in 2000.

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In print

Shockey in American newspapers,
1878–1921.

Newspaper page from The Lake Charles Echo carrying the name Shockey
The Lake Charles Echo 1878-03-14
Newspaper page from The Powder River County Examiner And The Broadus Independent carrying the name Shockey
The Powder River County Examiner And The Broadus Independent 1921-11-18
Newspaper page from East Oregonian : E.o carrying the name Shockey
East Oregonian : E.o 1905-01-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,842 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Shockey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hal Shockey 1927–2013

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shockey,
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 States228 records

228 records of the Shockey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 163
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leroy B. Shockey

    Born 1902 in Wyoming. Enlisted 1942 at Denver, Colorado; auto mechanic from Denver County, Colorado. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    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 Robert L. Shockey

    Born 1944; from Phoenix, Arizona. U.S. Army; died of wounds 1966 in 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 Charles Herschel Shockey

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1933, died 1962; buried at Richmond National Cemetery, Virginia.

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

Showing 3 of 228 records for Shockey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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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