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Submitted June 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    October 14, 1943
Submitted June 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd
 
Herman Holloway Killed in Action
 
The war department has notified Ashley Holloway of Crowville, that
his son, William Herman Holloway, chief torpedoman's mate on a
destroyer, was killed in action.
Holloway enlisted in the navy October 6, 1936, serving the first two
years and eight months on the same ship with his brother, Torpedoman
Huel S.Holloway. They were separated in May 1940, when Huel was 
transferred to recruiting duty.
Holloway was wounded twice in the line of duty and spent seven
months in the Brooklyn Naval hospital recovering from a leg injury.
Although he was eligible for medical discharge, he declined saying
"I'll get back in there and give them more fight." Enroute to his
destroyer from the hospital September 10, he stopped off in Newport,
to see his brother- the last time any of his family saw him.
Holloway was born April 24, 1914, near Crowville, to Mr. Holloway 
and the late Mrs. Ida Mae Holloway. He attended Louisiana State
Normal college two years and later married Miss Irene Stroud.
Survivors include his wife, an infant daughter, his father, one brother, 
two sisters: Mrs. W. R. Aldridge of Port Neches, Tex., and Mrs. 
Homer Parker of Houma; three half sisters: Hazel, of Monroe; Jessie
and Carolyn of Crowville; and two half-brothers: Everette E. and
Ronnie, of Crowville.
His body will remain interred in allied-held territory until the cessation 
of hostilities.
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