The big flag waves at half-mast and county war veterans stand at hand-salute as the flag-draped coffin bearing the remains of S/Sgt. Joseph C. Herbert is carried from the Clear Spring Legion home named in his memory.
Joseph C. Herbert was laid to rest in home soil yesterday, seven years, five months, and one day after the Army staff sergeant was killed by the Japanese bombs at Pearl Harbor.
The former Clear Spring resident was the first Washington County man to dies in World War II. He may have been the first Maryland war casualty.
Three hundred people, including many uniformed war veterans, paid final respects to the dead hero as his body was buried in the family plot, beside the graves of his mother, father, and brother.
The living sisters and brother standing by the casket at Clear Spring's Rose Hill Cemetery, received the folded flag from the deceased veteran's casket soon after final taps were sounded.
In the funeral service at the American Legion post named in memory of Sergeant Herbert, The Rev. J. Wade Huffman called the County man "a good soldier who did his work well."
Like the many other men who died on fateful December 7, 1941, Rev. Huffman said, "he knew courage, obedience, faith and how to go out and fight when fighting is necessary. This man died for the principles for which this country stands, and for you and for me."
The large assembly room at the new Clear Spring Legion home was packed to capacity for the service. As the many county residents and members of county and state veterans organizations gathered at the home, two uniformed men stood at attention beside the flag-draped casket placed in front of a large American flag.
A majority of those attending the reburial ceremonies were former neighbors of the dead soldier. Many more people lined the streets of Clear Spring as the funeral procession moved from the Legion home to the graveyard.
American flags were displayed from many homes throughout the county town yesterday, in honor of the man who was first from this county to give his life for his country.
Legionnaires from posts throughout Washington County, many of them in their old service uniforms, stood stiffly at attention at the cemetery as six other war veterans carried the casket to the grave site.
Other members of the Joseph C. Herbert Post, American Legion, served as members of the firing squad, firing three volleys as a climax to the final burial ceremony. All heads were bowed as taps were sounded and the flag on the casket was taken off and folded military-style by the uniformed pallbearers.
Staff Sergeant Herbert enlisted in the Army for the first time in 1932, Shortly before his death, he had enlisted for the third time. Most of his service time was spent in Hawaii.
Upon first entering the service, he was assigned to the field artillery. However at the time of his death he was serving as an Air Force gunner.
Transcribed from the Morning Herald newspaper, Hagerstown, Maryland, May 9, 1949
Joseph C. Herbert was laid to rest in home soil yesterday, seven years, five months, and one day after the Army staff sergeant was killed by the Japanese bombs at Pearl Harbor.
The former Clear Spring resident was the first Washington County man to dies in World War II. He may have been the first Maryland war casualty.
Three hundred people, including many uniformed war veterans, paid final respects to the dead hero as his body was buried in the family plot, beside the graves of his mother, father, and brother.
The living sisters and brother standing by the casket at Clear Spring's Rose Hill Cemetery, received the folded flag from the deceased veteran's casket soon after final taps were sounded.
In the funeral service at the American Legion post named in memory of Sergeant Herbert, The Rev. J. Wade Huffman called the County man "a good soldier who did his work well."
Like the many other men who died on fateful December 7, 1941, Rev. Huffman said, "he knew courage, obedience, faith and how to go out and fight when fighting is necessary. This man died for the principles for which this country stands, and for you and for me."
The large assembly room at the new Clear Spring Legion home was packed to capacity for the service. As the many county residents and members of county and state veterans organizations gathered at the home, two uniformed men stood at attention beside the flag-draped casket placed in front of a large American flag.
A majority of those attending the reburial ceremonies were former neighbors of the dead soldier. Many more people lined the streets of Clear Spring as the funeral procession moved from the Legion home to the graveyard.
American flags were displayed from many homes throughout the county town yesterday, in honor of the man who was first from this county to give his life for his country.
Legionnaires from posts throughout Washington County, many of them in their old service uniforms, stood stiffly at attention at the cemetery as six other war veterans carried the casket to the grave site.
Other members of the Joseph C. Herbert Post, American Legion, served as members of the firing squad, firing three volleys as a climax to the final burial ceremony. All heads were bowed as taps were sounded and the flag on the casket was taken off and folded military-style by the uniformed pallbearers.
Staff Sergeant Herbert enlisted in the Army for the first time in 1932, Shortly before his death, he had enlisted for the third time. Most of his service time was spent in Hawaii.
Upon first entering the service, he was assigned to the field artillery. However at the time of his death he was serving as an Air Force gunner.
Transcribed from the Morning Herald newspaper, Hagerstown, Maryland, May 9, 1949
The big flag waves at half-mast and county war veterans stand at hand-salute as the flag-draped coffin bearing the remains of S/Sgt. Joseph C. Herbert is carried from the Clear Spring Legion home named in his memory.
Joseph C. Herbert was laid to rest in home soil yesterday, seven years, five months, and one day after the Army staff sergeant was killed by the Japanese bombs at Pearl Harbor.
The former Clear Spring resident was the first Washington County man to dies in World War II. He may have been the first Maryland war casualty.
Three hundred people, including many uniformed war veterans, paid final respects to the dead hero as his body was buried in the family plot, beside the graves of his mother, father, and brother.
The living sisters and brother standing by the casket at Clear Spring's Rose Hill Cemetery, received the folded flag from the deceased veteran's casket soon after final taps were sounded.
In the funeral service at the American Legion post named in memory of Sergeant Herbert, The Rev. J. Wade Huffman called the County man "a good soldier who did his work well."
Like the many other men who died on fateful December 7, 1941, Rev. Huffman said, "he knew courage, obedience, faith and how to go out and fight when fighting is necessary. This man died for the principles for which this country stands, and for you and for me."
The large assembly room at the new Clear Spring Legion home was packed to capacity for the service. As the many county residents and members of county and state veterans organizations gathered at the home, two uniformed men stood at attention beside the flag-draped casket placed in front of a large American flag.
A majority of those attending the reburial ceremonies were former neighbors of the dead soldier. Many more people lined the streets of Clear Spring as the funeral procession moved from the Legion home to the graveyard.
American flags were displayed from many homes throughout the county town yesterday, in honor of the man who was first from this county to give his life for his country.
Legionnaires from posts throughout Washington County, many of them in their old service uniforms, stood stiffly at attention at the cemetery as six other war veterans carried the casket to the grave site.
Other members of the Joseph C. Herbert Post, American Legion, served as members of the firing squad, firing three volleys as a climax to the final burial ceremony. All heads were bowed as taps were sounded and the flag on the casket was taken off and folded military-style by the uniformed pallbearers.
Staff Sergeant Herbert enlisted in the Army for the first time in 1932, Shortly before his death, he had enlisted for the third time. Most of his service time was spent in Hawaii.
Upon first entering the service, he was assigned to the field artillery. However at the time of his death he was serving as an Air Force gunner.
Transcribed from the Morning Herald newspaper, Hagerstown, Maryland, May 9, 1949
Joseph C. Herbert was laid to rest in home soil yesterday, seven years, five months, and one day after the Army staff sergeant was killed by the Japanese bombs at Pearl Harbor.
The former Clear Spring resident was the first Washington County man to dies in World War II. He may have been the first Maryland war casualty.
Three hundred people, including many uniformed war veterans, paid final respects to the dead hero as his body was buried in the family plot, beside the graves of his mother, father, and brother.
The living sisters and brother standing by the casket at Clear Spring's Rose Hill Cemetery, received the folded flag from the deceased veteran's casket soon after final taps were sounded.
In the funeral service at the American Legion post named in memory of Sergeant Herbert, The Rev. J. Wade Huffman called the County man "a good soldier who did his work well."
Like the many other men who died on fateful December 7, 1941, Rev. Huffman said, "he knew courage, obedience, faith and how to go out and fight when fighting is necessary. This man died for the principles for which this country stands, and for you and for me."
The large assembly room at the new Clear Spring Legion home was packed to capacity for the service. As the many county residents and members of county and state veterans organizations gathered at the home, two uniformed men stood at attention beside the flag-draped casket placed in front of a large American flag.
A majority of those attending the reburial ceremonies were former neighbors of the dead soldier. Many more people lined the streets of Clear Spring as the funeral procession moved from the Legion home to the graveyard.
American flags were displayed from many homes throughout the county town yesterday, in honor of the man who was first from this county to give his life for his country.
Legionnaires from posts throughout Washington County, many of them in their old service uniforms, stood stiffly at attention at the cemetery as six other war veterans carried the casket to the grave site.
Other members of the Joseph C. Herbert Post, American Legion, served as members of the firing squad, firing three volleys as a climax to the final burial ceremony. All heads were bowed as taps were sounded and the flag on the casket was taken off and folded military-style by the uniformed pallbearers.
Staff Sergeant Herbert enlisted in the Army for the first time in 1932, Shortly before his death, he had enlisted for the third time. Most of his service time was spent in Hawaii.
Upon first entering the service, he was assigned to the field artillery. However at the time of his death he was serving as an Air Force gunner.
Transcribed from the Morning Herald newspaper, Hagerstown, Maryland, May 9, 1949
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