James Crayton Herring, Jr.

Graduating Class
1943

Major
General Science

Activities at Clemson
Cadet Corporial, Sergeant, Second Lieutenant: Blue Key, Block “C” Club, “Taps” Staff, Editor-in-chief “Taps” in 1943, Anderson County Club, Commencement Marshal, Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, and Delegate to N.S.P.A. Convention, Chicago, IL; Baseball

Hometown
Anderson, South Carolina

Family
Parents - Mr. and Mrs. Crate Herring

Service & Rank
Army, Second Lieutenant

Unit
314 Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division

Awards/Citations
Purple Heart

Date of Birth
Aug 6, 1923

Date of Death
Jul 26, 1944

Details of Death
Killed in Action in St. Lo, France

Burial Details
Old Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, SC 

Barrow Stone Location
NE