Louis Mario Hocker, 88, of Birmingham died September 14, 2012 of a myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosed in 2009 which recently transformed to acute myelomonoblastic leukemia. He was born of American parents in Mexico City where he attended grade school and high school. Lou was trilingual in English, Spanish and German. Enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1942, he first trained as a radio operator and was transferred to Army Intelligence. While stationed in Birmingham and London, he survived...
Louis Mario Hocker, 88, of Birmingham died September 14, 2012 of a myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosed in 2009 which recently transformed to acute myelomonoblastic leukemia. He was born of American parents in Mexico City where he attended grade school and high school. Lou was trilingual in English, Spanish and German. Enlisting in the Army Air Corps in 1942, he first trained as a radio operator and was transferred to Army Intelligence. While stationed in Birmingham and London, he survived...