World War II Honoree

Henry E. Funaiock

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Henry Jr., Glenn & Daryl Funaiock

Relationship

Sons

PLANK OWNER ON USS MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59) AND SERVED FROM 1942-1943. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE OF CASABLANCA AS WELL AS TOURS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. WAS LATER TRANSFERRED AND WAS ALSO A PLANK OWNER ON THE USS ST LO (CVE-63), FORMALLY THE USS MIDWAY, FROM 1943-1944. FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, 2ND BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. ON OCTOBER 25, 1944 THE ST LO BECAME THE FIRST MAJOR WARSHIP TO BE SUNK BY A KAMIKAZE AIRCRAFT IN WWII. SERVED THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR STATESIDE.