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Personal info

Full name
HERRIN, Douglas Alonzo
Date of birth
25 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Mississippi
Hometown
Sumrall, Lamar County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
O-820747
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
764th Bombardment Squadron,
461st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 18 39

Immediate family

Members
Alonzo L. Herrin (father)
Mary F. (Lott) Herrin (mother)
Owen D. Herrin (brother)
Margret Herrin (sister)
Harold C. Herrin (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-40896
Data
Type: B-24
Destination: Munich, Germany
Mission: Bombin of the marshalling yard
MACR: 15184

More information

1st Lt Douglas A. Herrin attended Sumrall high school for 4 years and Pearl River junior college and he was employed by the L. A. Jones Construction company before he enlisted in Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 1 September 1942.

Maj Windle D. Reel:
"Directly over the target area the plane was directly hit either by bombs from a plane flying above or by flak, causing the plane to explode and blowing both plane and occupants to bits."

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters - Hattiesburg American 30 October 1944, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Thomas Hinds Family Tree, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Oct.44.html
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dan Phelan, www.newspapers.com - Hattiesburg American Mississippi 30 October 1944