Young County Heroes

They Paid Dearly That We Might Live Freely. Remember Them.

Keng, Emanuel Hermar

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WT 1/c Emanuel Herman Keng, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Keng, Olney, attended Ingleside School. Entered Navy, 1936, trained in San Diego. Served in France, Denmark, England, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal and Australia. Awarded Purple Heart and GCM. Killed in action in S. Pacific in 1942.
Listed on the "In Memoriam" page in the original 1940's publication, "The Men and Women in World War II From Young County Texas".