1st Lt. Joe H Herriage was killed in action on June 6, 1944 (D-Day) while a part of the Second Echelan Elmira Mission (air craft portion of attack). He was killed when his glider slammed into a brick wall in the French town of St Mere Eglise
Son of Utla Thomas Herriage and Bessie Farmer. He was born in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, and died in St Mere Eglise, France.
2 Apr 1948
The bodies of 5 Fannin County boys, including one from Leonard, who lost their lives in action against the Germans in the European Theater of Action are being returned to the United States for reburial, their parents have been informed. The bodies are among the 273 bodies of Texans being returned on the US Army Transports Robert F. Burns and John L. McCarley. The two transports are due to dock in New York City around April 1 and it will be from two to eight weeks before the bodies arrive here for re-burial. They will be sent to the Quartermasters' Depot at Fort Worth and from there will be sent to their former hometown for reburial services.
Those from Fannin County being returned at this time include 1st Lt. Joe W. Herriage, US Army Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. U. T. Herriage, Bonham.
Lt. Herriage, glider pilot, was reported killed on June 7, 1944 during the opening phases of the Normandy invasion. Lt. Herriage was presented the Air Medal and Purple Heart posthumously. His body had been interred in the US Military Cemetery at Blosville, France.
Son of Utla Thomas Herriage and Bessie Farmer. He was born in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, and died in St Mere Eglise, France.
2 Apr 1948
The bodies of 5 Fannin County boys, including one from Leonard, who lost their lives in action against the Germans in the European Theater of Action are being returned to the United States for reburial, their parents have been informed. The bodies are among the 273 bodies of Texans being returned on the US Army Transports Robert F. Burns and John L. McCarley. The two transports are due to dock in New York City around April 1 and it will be from two to eight weeks before the bodies arrive here for re-burial. They will be sent to the Quartermasters' Depot at Fort Worth and from there will be sent to their former hometown for reburial services.
Those from Fannin County being returned at this time include 1st Lt. Joe W. Herriage, US Army Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. U. T. Herriage, Bonham.
Lt. Herriage, glider pilot, was reported killed on June 7, 1944 during the opening phases of the Normandy invasion. Lt. Herriage was presented the Air Medal and Purple Heart posthumously. His body had been interred in the US Military Cemetery at Blosville, France.
1st Lt. Joe H Herriage was killed in action on June 6, 1944 (D-Day) while a part of the Second Echelan Elmira Mission (air craft portion of attack). He was killed when his glider slammed into a brick wall in the French town of St Mere Eglise
Son of Utla Thomas Herriage and Bessie Farmer. He was born in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, and died in St Mere Eglise, France.
2 Apr 1948
The bodies of 5 Fannin County boys, including one from Leonard, who lost their lives in action against the Germans in the European Theater of Action are being returned to the United States for reburial, their parents have been informed. The bodies are among the 273 bodies of Texans being returned on the US Army Transports Robert F. Burns and John L. McCarley. The two transports are due to dock in New York City around April 1 and it will be from two to eight weeks before the bodies arrive here for re-burial. They will be sent to the Quartermasters' Depot at Fort Worth and from there will be sent to their former hometown for reburial services.
Those from Fannin County being returned at this time include 1st Lt. Joe W. Herriage, US Army Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. U. T. Herriage, Bonham.
Lt. Herriage, glider pilot, was reported killed on June 7, 1944 during the opening phases of the Normandy invasion. Lt. Herriage was presented the Air Medal and Purple Heart posthumously. His body had been interred in the US Military Cemetery at Blosville, France.
Son of Utla Thomas Herriage and Bessie Farmer. He was born in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, and died in St Mere Eglise, France.
2 Apr 1948
The bodies of 5 Fannin County boys, including one from Leonard, who lost their lives in action against the Germans in the European Theater of Action are being returned to the United States for reburial, their parents have been informed. The bodies are among the 273 bodies of Texans being returned on the US Army Transports Robert F. Burns and John L. McCarley. The two transports are due to dock in New York City around April 1 and it will be from two to eight weeks before the bodies arrive here for re-burial. They will be sent to the Quartermasters' Depot at Fort Worth and from there will be sent to their former hometown for reburial services.
Those from Fannin County being returned at this time include 1st Lt. Joe W. Herriage, US Army Air Force, son of Mr. and Mrs. U. T. Herriage, Bonham.
Lt. Herriage, glider pilot, was reported killed on June 7, 1944 during the opening phases of the Normandy invasion. Lt. Herriage was presented the Air Medal and Purple Heart posthumously. His body had been interred in the US Military Cemetery at Blosville, France.
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