Marshall Herrick (1920 - 1943)

Born 28 May 1920 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Edna Hyde (Ridges) Gaskill — married 9 Mar 1943 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Died 28 Jul 1943 at age 23 in Rømø, Sønderjylland, Denmark

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Biography

Marshall was born 28 May 1920 in New York City. He was the son of Alta Lake (1889-1990) of Nebraska and Harold Allen Herrick (1880-1977) of New York. His parents were married in Houston, Texas, in 1916 at Alta's Aunt Retta's house. His nickname was Mike and he grew up with his sister Joan and his brother Peter in New York State. In 1930 his family lived in Scarsdale of Westchester county, NY^[1] and also in 1940.^[2]

He married Edna Ridges in 1939 in Salt Lake City, according to her obituary on her burial memorial and also on his burial memorial, copied below, but this is in error. A 9 March 1943 Utah marriage record needs to be copied from Ancestry.com.

Mike enlisted on 02 Mar 1942 at Chanute Field, Illinois, United States.^[3] According to that record, Mike's civilian occupation was an actor and his marital status was single, without dependents. His service was in the Army Air Corps, he was assigned to the 96th Bomber Group, his rank was 2nd Lieutenant and his assignment was bombardier. On or about 29 March 1943 his plane was shot down over the North Sea.^[4] His burial was in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Arlington county, Virginia.^[4] His first cousin, Wallace Wayne Lake, was a pilot in the Army Air Corps and shot down over China on 7 October 1944. Their grandmother, Mary McConnelogue Lake, grieved the loss of these two grandsons.

Copied from burial memorial:
2nd Lt. Marshall Herrick was born: 28 May, 1920 New York to Lt. Col Harold Allen & Alta Lake Herrick. Marshall (Mike) Herrick was married to Edna Ridges of Salt Lake City, Utah in 1939 [Marriage Record 9 March 1943]. He was inducted into the Army Air Corps in December, 1941, called to duty March, 1942 and reported missing in action 29 July, 1943/ Killed in European area (W.R. 11-30-43) Reported 12-7-43. Awarded purple heart, air medal, 2 oak leaf clusters (D.N. 11-30-43) Bombardier.
Note: 2ND LT 96TH BOMB GP AAF^[4][5]

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Crew of the B-17 Bomber "Gloria Ann"
Pilot - Hettrick, Stephen William 1st Lt.
Co-Pilot - Adair, Jack Gibbens 2nd Lt.
Navigator - Bramblett, Calvin Thornton 2nd Lt.
Bombardier - Herrick, Marshall 2nd Lt.
Radio - William Witham Reeves T.Sgt.
Engineer - Connell, William Joseph T/Sgt.
Asst Radio - Kinney, Clifford Wilson S/Sgt.
Asst Engineer - Mosbey, Charles Raymond S/Sgt.
Asst Armorer - Kubis, Bronislaus Joseph Sgt.
Armorer - Lukowitz, Stanley S/Sgt.
From MACR (Missing Air Craft Report) dated 30 July 1943
A free space page has been created which has details and background information, some general and some specific, collected during the process of researching these ten crewmen who flew and fought on the Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 42-30401.

A biography is being written for Marshall using sources from Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, Fold3.com, and other resources including those cited here, and will appear on TogetherWeServed.org as part of the project to write the stories behind the gold stars of the WWII Fallen.

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [1], 1930 US Census.
2. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [2], 1940 US Census.
3. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [3], WWII Enlistment.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} FamilySearch.org, [4], Burial Index.
5. ↑ Find-a-Grave.com, [5], Burial Memorial.

• Marshall Herrick in household of H A Herrick, "United States Census, 1930"

Indexed Information
Household - Role - Sex - Age - Birthplace
H A Herrick - Head - Male - 49 - New York
Alta Herrick - Wife - Female - 38 - Iowa
Marshall Herrick - Son - Male - 10 - New York
Joan Herrick - Daughter - Female - 6 - New York
John P Herrick - Son - Male - 3 - New York
Citation
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4GV-CNT : accessed 1 June 2017), Marshall Herrick in household of H A Herrick, Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 347, sheet 5A, line 26, family 65, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1665; FHL microfilm 2,341,399.

• Marshall Herrick in household of Harold A Herrick, "United States Census, 1940"

Indexed Information
Household - Role - Sex - Age - Birthplace
Harold A Herrick - Head - Male - 56 - New York
Alta Herrick - Wife - Female - 48 - Iowa
Marshall Herrick Son - Male - 19 - New York
Joan Herrick - Daughter - Female - 16 - New York
Peter Herrick - Son - Male - 13 - White Plains
Citation
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K314-LC6 : 9 December 2019), Marshall Herrick in household of Harold A Herrick, Scarsdale, Scarsdale Town, Westchester, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-344, sheet 63A, line 30, family 105, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2813.

• Marshall Herrick, "United Sates World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"

Indexed Information
Name: Marshall Herrick
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 02 Mar 1942
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Event Place: Chanute Filed, Illinois, United States
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1920
Birthplace: NEW YORK
Education Level: 1 year of college
Civilian Occupation: Actors and actresses
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Air Corps
Army Component: 6
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 16030803
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 02092.66
Citation
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GW-9QZ : 5 December 2014), Marshall Herrick, enlisted 02 Mar 1942, Chanute Filed, Illinois, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• Marshall Herrick, "Find A Grave Index"

Indexed Information
Name: Marshall Herrick
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1943
Event Place: Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 28 May 1920
Death Date: 28 Jul 1943
Affiliate Record Identifier: 49203006
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Citation
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVK5-2XB9 : 13 December 2015), Marshall Herrick, 1943; Burial, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, Arlington National Cemetery; citing record ID 49203006, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/49203006/marshall-herrick : accessed 9 July 2021), memorial page for Marshall Herrick (28 May 1920–28 Jul 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49203006, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by John C. Anderson (contributor 47208015).