World War II Honoree

Walter Erwin Heck

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Saybrook, Connecticut

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED IN THE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION AT NAVAL RECEIVING STATION NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NAVAL TRAINING STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (DIESEL) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, RECEIVING STATION NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NAVAL HOSPITAL BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, NAVAL HOSPITAL ST. ALBANS, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, RECEIVING STATION NEW YORK, NEW YORK, RECEIVING STATION BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ABOARD USS HAMBLETON DD-455 AND PERSONNEL SEPARATION CENTER LIDO BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.