Herschel Ashby Jarrell
Son of Mrs. and Mrs. Sulley Jarrell. January 1943 graduate of the United States Military Academy. Assigned as a commander of a B-17 crew, First Lieutenant Jarrell shipped overseas to England and was assigned to the 708th Squadron of the 447th Heavy Bombardment group (B-17).

While on a combat mission against targets in Brunswick, Germany, he and his crew were hit by a fighter-launched rocket in the bomb bay of their B-17 causing the aircraft to explode in flames. They went down two miles northeast of Rehburg, Germany. Lewis and his crew were buried by the citizens of Rehburg at Hoya-Weser Cemetery. Later, his remains were returned for a memorial service on June 1, 1949 in Van.

War: WWII
Name: Herschel Ashby Jarrell
Sex: M
Race:
County: Boone
Community: Van and Logan
Branch of Service: Army
Rank: 1st Lt.
Service Number: 0-025662
Date of Death: 1944/01/11
Place of Death: Germany
Cause of Death: KIA
Place of Burial: Boone Memorial Park
Unit:
Date of Birth: 1919/05/02
Place of Birth: Van, Boone Co. WV

Father:
Sulley
Mother: Laura Price
Spouse: Susan Haislip
Date of Marriage: 1943/1/19
Place of Marriage:

Children:

Date Added to Memorial: Original

Source: WV Vet Mem Application; Boone County Death Records; Boone County Birth Record;Coal Valley News - death notice - 6 Apr 1944 & reburial notice - 19 May 1949; Fairmont Times West Virginian - kia notice - 1944/04/05; Moundsville Daily Echo - death information - 12/21/1945; Fairmont Times 1944/02/10; Charleston Gazette 1945/12/22; Coal Valley News - Van Field Dedicated to Lieut Jarrell - 1950/9/7; Coal Valley News - Article: "Jarrell was Boone's Own Hero" - 2007/5/30
Notes: Reburial: 5/29/1949 Boone Mem. Park; Birth record has his first name as Herschel and crossed out Hurshell, death record has Hershel, newspaper articles have Herschel. Fairmont paper states that he was a graduate of West Point and in 1942 was voted the most valuable player on the West Point football squad. The Moundsville Daily Echo and Charleston Gazette articles mention his death in relationship with the death of his wife's second husband, who died in a plane crash.

Herschel A Jarrell