Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....HERNDON, JAMES H. JR. March 9, 1945
WWII - Enlistment U.S. ARMY
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HERNDON DIES IN U.S .SERVICE
AMONG THE AMERICAM PRISONERS OF WAR WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHEN U.S. FORCES ATTACKED
AND SUNK A JAPANESE FREIGHTER LOADED WITH CORREGIDOR VETERANS ON SEPT.7,1944, WAS A
CORDELE SOLDIER, PFC JAMES H HERNDON JR., SON OF MR AND MRS. J.H. HERNDON OF THIS
CITY, THE WAR DEPT. ANNOUNCED.
 THREE YEARS OF HOPE AND DOUBT, DURING WHICH HIS PARENTS RECEIVED ONLY INDIRECT
MESSAGES CONCERNIBG THEIR SON, WERE ENDED WITH THE DISPATCH FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
HE WAS ONE OF THE CORREGIDOR DEFENDERS TAKEN PRISONER BY THE JAPANESE WHEN THEY
CAPTURED THE FORTRESS.
 THE MESSAGE RECEIVED BY MR AND MRS HERNDON STATED THAT THE WAR DEPARTMENT HAS NOW
RECEIVED THE OFFICIAL LIST OF PRISONERS OF WAR ON THE JAPANESE FREIGHTER ANF PFC
HERNDON WAS AMONG THOSE LISTED AS LOST WHEN THE SINKING OCCURED. HE WAS 23 YEARS OLD
AND ENTERED SERVICE IN SEPT. 1940. BESIDES HIS PARENTS, HE IS SURVIVED BY A BROTHER,
PAUL HERNDON,SISTERS, MRS. JANIE RUTH AKIN,AND MRS. HAZEL HENRY OF
INDIANAPOLIS,IND., AND A HALF BROTHER, AARON HURNDON OF PORTERDALE.   

Additional Comments:
A CRISP GOLDEN BOY.

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