World War II Honoree

Kenneth E. Heck

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Shillington, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED AS A SEAMAN FIRST CLASS ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS EMMONS SEEING ACTION IN BOTH THE EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. THE USS EMMONS TOOK PART IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY, AFRICA AND OKINAWA. HE SURVIVED THE KAMIKAZE ATTACK WHICH SANK THE USS EMMONS DURING IT'S FIRST BATTLE IN THE PACIFIC THEATER.