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SSGT Benjamin T Herridge

Birth
Wakita, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
25 Jan 1943 (aged 41)
Philippines
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Staff Sergeant Benjamin T. Herridge, who has been listed as missing in action since the fall of Corregidor on May 7, 1942, died in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines on January 25, 1943 from malaria, according to a message received by the John Herridge family last week from the war department.

Sgt. Herridge was serving his fifth enlistment in the U. S. Army and had served six years at Manila. He served his first enlistment in the Army of Occupation shortly after the close of World War 1 and served four enlistments in the Army Air Force. for several months prior to the fall of Corregidor, he had served as an aviation mechanic at Nichols field near Manila.

In the message received from the war department last week, it was stated that a letter would follow containing more detailed information concerning Sergeant Herridge's death.

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Entered the Service from: Kansas
Staff Sergeant Benjamin T. Herridge, who has been listed as missing in action since the fall of Corregidor on May 7, 1942, died in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines on January 25, 1943 from malaria, according to a message received by the John Herridge family last week from the war department.

Sgt. Herridge was serving his fifth enlistment in the U. S. Army and had served six years at Manila. He served his first enlistment in the Army of Occupation shortly after the close of World War 1 and served four enlistments in the Army Air Force. for several months prior to the fall of Corregidor, he had served as an aviation mechanic at Nichols field near Manila.

In the message received from the war department last week, it was stated that a letter would follow containing more detailed information concerning Sergeant Herridge's death.

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Entered the Service from: Kansas

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  • Maintained by: Eric Ackerman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56760928/benjamin_t-herridge: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Benjamin T Herridge (4 Mar 1901–25 Jan 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56760928, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).