Son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Heriford. Entered service November 13, 1942 at Scott Field, Illinois. Received training at Miami Beach, Florida; Los Angeles, California; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Dalhart, Texas; Woodward, Oklahoma. Left New Hampton Roads, Virginia on October 5. 1943 for Southwest Pacific by way of Panama Canal, arriving at Brishane, Australia on October 31, then New Guinea; Leyte Islands; Philippines: Okinawa; Yokohama, Japan. Left Japan November 30. 1945 for U.S. and arrived March Field, California December 15, 1945. Discharged December 24, 1945 after serving three years and twenty-eight days.