World War II Honoree

Russell Everett Heebner

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Norwich, Connecticut

Honored By

Elizabeth Heebner

Relationship

Wife

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL RECEIVING STATION, NORWICH, CONNECTICUT; NAVAL TRAINING STATION, SAMPSON, NEW YORK; TRAINING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER, SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA; NAVAL TRAINING CENTER (BASIC ENGINEERING), GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI; COMMANDER SERVICE SQUADRON 10; USS MATACO ATF-86; AND RECEIVING STATION NAVY 128, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH TWO BRONZE SERVICE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH ONE BRONZE SERVICE STAR AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.