Name:
Robert Lee Herrin
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
34440530
Unit:
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France
Plot:
E
Row:
10
Grave:
21
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Robert Lee Herrin was born on November 2, 1921, in Brantley County, Georgia. He was the son of James Daniel Herrin and Addie Mae Wilson Herrin.
Robert served in the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, as a Private during World War II. He was Killed in Action on June 6, 1944, in Sainte-Mère-Église, France, by a grenade that was hit by German artillery fire shrapnel. This grenade exploded in his pocket, killing three other paratroopers.
Pvt Herrin is now buried in the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, France.