1/namesake

I am my uncle's namesake. I was named after him a couple years after he died in the South Pacific in World War II.
But what is my uncle to me?

Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6 years
Brooklyn, NY 12 years
Baltimore 26 years