Kenneth Herman Pershke was born on November 7, 1922. He served in the 373rd Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, Heavy as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator of the B-24D-20-CO "Daisy Mae" #41-24218 aircraft during World War II. "Daisy Mae" was one of the five B-24s that took off from Yangkai Airfield on a bombing mission against a cement plant north of Haiphong, near Hanoi. While on the bomb run at 12,000', the bombers were intercepted by 50+ fighters. This bomber was shot down by enemy fighters. It turned over on its back and crashed into the Bay of Tonkin (Tongking).

Tsgt Pershke is now buried in the Penn Lincoln Memorial Park, North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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