World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Kenneth Lee Caskey
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Houston, Texas
Honored By
Danny Jones
Served as a 1st Lieutenant and as Commanding Officer of Company C, Fifth Engineer Battalion, Twenty-eighth Marines, Fifth Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, during March 1945. Awarded the silver star medal for gallantry in action and a purple heart.