C. J. HERDES - Activity During WORLD WAR II
Entered active service as a draftee on May 29, 1943, at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic infantry training and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Baker (017). Departed the Continental U.S. on November 30, 1943, bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Company F, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st 'Jungleers' Infantry Division in the New Guinea Campaign. Earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one Bronze Battle Star, WWII Victory Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Medal. Honorably discharged as a Technician Fifth Grade on February 2, 1946, at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the "National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances" website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) World War II Memorial
THE COUNTY COMMONER (Noble, Illinois) - Wed - 01 Nov 1989
C.J. (Jr.) Herdes, age 65, of Noble, died Tuesday, October 24, at 5:31 a.m. at St. John's Medical Center, Springfield, IL. Services were held Thursday, October 26, at 10:00 a.m. at Hosselton, Bookhout, Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City, with Rev. Bill Rennels officiating. Burial was in the Clay City Cemetery with military graveside services. Masonic services were held Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Herdes was born March 22, 1924, in Olney, the son of Claudie Sr. and Mamie (Evans) Herdes. He married Eva Wyatt on September 12, 1946, and she survives. He was an oilfield worker and farmer, a member of Glenwood Church, a WWII Veteran, a member of the Clay City Masonic Lodge, and a charter member of the County Line Gun Club.
Besides his wife, Eva, he is survived by three daughters, Donna, Dena, and Darla; two sons, Dennis and Donald; one sister, Elizabeth Ivy of Olney; and 13 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and three sisters. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association of Illinois, or the American Heart Association.
Entered active service as a draftee on May 29, 1943, at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic infantry training and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Baker (017). Departed the Continental U.S. on November 30, 1943, bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Company F, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st 'Jungleers' Infantry Division in the New Guinea Campaign. Earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one Bronze Battle Star, WWII Victory Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Medal. Honorably discharged as a Technician Fifth Grade on February 2, 1946, at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the "National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances" website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) World War II Memorial
THE COUNTY COMMONER (Noble, Illinois) - Wed - 01 Nov 1989
C.J. (Jr.) Herdes, age 65, of Noble, died Tuesday, October 24, at 5:31 a.m. at St. John's Medical Center, Springfield, IL. Services were held Thursday, October 26, at 10:00 a.m. at Hosselton, Bookhout, Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City, with Rev. Bill Rennels officiating. Burial was in the Clay City Cemetery with military graveside services. Masonic services were held Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Herdes was born March 22, 1924, in Olney, the son of Claudie Sr. and Mamie (Evans) Herdes. He married Eva Wyatt on September 12, 1946, and she survives. He was an oilfield worker and farmer, a member of Glenwood Church, a WWII Veteran, a member of the Clay City Masonic Lodge, and a charter member of the County Line Gun Club.
Besides his wife, Eva, he is survived by three daughters, Donna, Dena, and Darla; two sons, Dennis and Donald; one sister, Elizabeth Ivy of Olney; and 13 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and three sisters. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association of Illinois, or the American Heart Association.
C. J. HERDES - Activity During WORLD WAR II
Entered active service as a draftee on May 29, 1943, at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic infantry training and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Baker (017). Departed the Continental U.S. on November 30, 1943, bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Company F, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st 'Jungleers' Infantry Division in the New Guinea Campaign. Earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one Bronze Battle Star, WWII Victory Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Medal. Honorably discharged as a Technician Fifth Grade on February 2, 1946, at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the "National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances" website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) World War II Memorial
THE COUNTY COMMONER (Noble, Illinois) - Wed - 01 Nov 1989
C.J. (Jr.) Herdes, age 65, of Noble, died Tuesday, October 24, at 5:31 a.m. at St. John's Medical Center, Springfield, IL. Services were held Thursday, October 26, at 10:00 a.m. at Hosselton, Bookhout, Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City, with Rev. Bill Rennels officiating. Burial was in the Clay City Cemetery with military graveside services. Masonic services were held Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Herdes was born March 22, 1924, in Olney, the son of Claudie Sr. and Mamie (Evans) Herdes. He married Eva Wyatt on September 12, 1946, and she survives. He was an oilfield worker and farmer, a member of Glenwood Church, a WWII Veteran, a member of the Clay City Masonic Lodge, and a charter member of the County Line Gun Club.
Besides his wife, Eva, he is survived by three daughters, Donna, Dena, and Darla; two sons, Dennis and Donald; one sister, Elizabeth Ivy of Olney; and 13 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and three sisters. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association of Illinois, or the American Heart Association.
Entered active service as a draftee on May 29, 1943, at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic infantry training and qualified in the Military Occupational Specialty of Baker (017). Departed the Continental U.S. on November 30, 1943, bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Company F, 186th Infantry Regiment, 41st 'Jungleers' Infantry Division in the New Guinea Campaign. Earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one Bronze Battle Star, WWII Victory Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Medal. Honorably discharged as a Technician Fifth Grade on February 2, 1946, at the Separation Center, Camp Grant, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the "National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances" website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) World War II Memorial
THE COUNTY COMMONER (Noble, Illinois) - Wed - 01 Nov 1989
C.J. (Jr.) Herdes, age 65, of Noble, died Tuesday, October 24, at 5:31 a.m. at St. John's Medical Center, Springfield, IL. Services were held Thursday, October 26, at 10:00 a.m. at Hosselton, Bookhout, Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City, with Rev. Bill Rennels officiating. Burial was in the Clay City Cemetery with military graveside services. Masonic services were held Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Herdes was born March 22, 1924, in Olney, the son of Claudie Sr. and Mamie (Evans) Herdes. He married Eva Wyatt on September 12, 1946, and she survives. He was an oilfield worker and farmer, a member of Glenwood Church, a WWII Veteran, a member of the Clay City Masonic Lodge, and a charter member of the County Line Gun Club.
Besides his wife, Eva, he is survived by three daughters, Donna, Dena, and Darla; two sons, Dennis and Donald; one sister, Elizabeth Ivy of Olney; and 13 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and three sisters. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association of Illinois, or the American Heart Association.
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