World War II Honoree

Herbert Lowell Heck

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Shelbyville, Indiana

Honored By

Irene Heck and Daniel Heck

Relationship

Wife and Son

1ST SERGEANT, 38 MECHANIZED CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE TROOP. STATIONED AT CAMP SHELBY IN MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA. ALSO STATIONED IN JAPAN. RECEIVED NUMEROUS WARTIME MEDALS AND AWARDS. AN AVID MOTORCYCLIST, HE OFTEN USED HIS MOTORCYCLE AS A SHIELD TO SHOOT AT THE ENEMY. FEARLESS AND UNWAVERING IN HIS DUTIES, HE WAS A RESPECTED LEADER.