Hauppauge in Suffolk County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Kerry P. Hein Memorial

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 27, 2017

1. Kerry P. Hein Memorial

Inscription.
Dedicated in memory of CWO/3 Kerry P. Hein
U.S. Army, K.I.A. February 27, 1991
and all these brave men and women who gave
their last full measure of devotion
during Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
Dedicated May 18, 1991

Erected 1991.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm.

Location. 40° 49.418′ N, 73° 13.434′ W. Memorial is in Hauppauge, New York, in Suffolk County. It can be reached from the intersection of Veterans Memorial Highway and H. Lee Dennison Building Drive. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge NY 11788, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the New York City Metropolitan Area

and on Long Island.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original

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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Captured and Missing Americans in South East Asia Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Persian Gulf and Middle East Wars Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Women of the Armed Forces Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Gold Star Families War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Caleb Smith House (approx. 2 miles away); Methodist (approx. 2.2 miles away); Smithtown Bull (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hauppauge.

More about this memorial. The memorial is located at the bottom of the walkway that leads one from the upper level to the lower level of Armed Forces Plaza.

Also see . . . Kerry Peter Hein (Congressional Record, Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)). "Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the Kerry P. Hein American Legion Post in Rocky Point, Long Island, NY, founded 5 years ago to honor the memory of CWO Kerry P. Hein,

Kerry P. Hein Memorial - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 27, 2017

2. Kerry P. Hein Memorial - wide view

The memorial is visible here all the way at the bottom of the Kerry P. Hein Memorial Walkway.

who gave his life in service to America on February 27, 1991, while serving in Operation Desert Storm. Hein was a resident of Sound Beach, on Suffolk County's North Shore, and was the only Long Island resident to die in the Persian Gulf war....Founded in 1991 as America's first Desert Storm post, the Kerry P. Hein American Legion Post No. 1991 honors the Army medivac helicopter pilot who was shot down over Kuwait just 1 day before the cease-fire was declared in the Persian Gulf war...." (Submitted on August 3, 2018.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 3, 2018. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 748 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 3, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.