Daniel Earl Herrold

Military
media-52817.jpeg UPL 52817 Sgt Dan E Herrold, 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52817 - Sgt Dan E Herrold, 401BG.

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8F USAAF. 22 x combat missions. Jack Shepherd crew.





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).



Post War: Became a dentist in Illinois and Indiana for 43 years, and Director of Dental Programs at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights. He did volunteer dentistry at orphanages in the Dominican Republic as a member of the Flying Dentists.

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Jacob N Shepherd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-828344
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

43-38548

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses including (serial number 44-6146) of the 401st Bomb Group, and of the 486th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'IN-R, 401BG.' A veteran has handwritten on reverse: 'Winter of 1944. This plane's bombardier was my best friend in high school. We joined the aviation cadets together in fall of 1942. Plane is from the 486th Bomb Group. It was struck in the rear by another plane in formation and tail gunner fell to his death over Germany. The Germans buried him and sent ph

44-6146

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Cheezer
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

La Porte, IN 28 January 1925 Raymond Anderson and Lura Fern [Goodwin] Herrold.

Enlisted

Indianapolis, IN 13 July 1943 Indianapolis, Indiana

Died

Bradenton, FL 29 March 2009

Buried

Pinhook Cemetery Pinhook, La Porte County, IN Pinhook Cemetery Pinhook, La Porte County, Indiana

Based

Deenethorpe Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8F USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/88689045/dan-e-herrold-wwii-army-enlistmen…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2189
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35954828/daniel-earl-herrold

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2189

Daniel Earl Herrold: Gallery (1 items)

Object number: UPL 52817 - Sgt Dan E Herrold, 401BG.