Fry, Herschel T.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Owned and Operated Fry's Garage, Flora, Illinois
• Reference Number: FRY.H001
• _FGRAVE: 18083470
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Battery B, 230th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th 'Old Hickory' Infantry Division, United States Army
• Funeral: 15 Apr 2006, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

He owned and operated Fry's Garage in Flora for over 50 years and was also a farmer.

He was a veteran, and a member of the Clay City Church of God and Flora American Legion Post #14.

He enjoyed boating, fishing, flowers, his dogs, and being with the family.

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on November 11, 1942 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Selected for the Field Artillery, completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Heavy Machine Gunner (605). Assigned to Batterery B, 230th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th 'Old Hickory' Infantry Division. Continued training at Camp Blanding, Florida; Camp Forrest, Tennessee and Camp Atterbury, Indiana and then departed with his unit for the European Theater of Operations on February 12, 1944. Entered combat via Omaha Beach on D-Day Plus 4 and fought through the Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 silver battle star, WWII Victory Medal, Army Of Occupation Medal (Germany) and the French Croix de Guerre. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on October 20, 1945 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.

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2011946

Buried:
Plot: Lot 5 - First Add - Row 1

Herschel married Stanley, Minnie Louise on 2 Dec 1948 in Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky. Minnie (daughter of Stanley, C. and Jamerson, P.) was born on 23 Jul 1931 in Hamilton County, Illinois; died on 22 Dec 2013 in Flora Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 29 Dec 2013 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Fry, S.
2. Fry, Gerald Lee 'Jerry' was born on 28 Jun 1950; died on 8 Oct 1950; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.

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• Reference Number: FRY.C001

Charles married Howe, Katie Mable on 9 May 1917. Katie (daughter of Howe, Charles Emmett 'Charlie' and Dodd, Delpha Angeline) was born on 19 Aug 1899 in Johnsonville, Wayne County, Illinois; died on 1 Jan 1995 in Flora Pavilion Nursing Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 4 Jan 1995 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HOWE.K001
• Funeral: 4 Jan 1995, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HOWE.C001
• _FGRAVE: 15833266

Charles married Dodd, Delpha Angeline. Delpha was born in 1880; died in 1956; was buried in Cisne Cemetery, Cisne, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DODD.D001
• _FGRAVE: 15833269