Herbert Winters Straw
- Born: 14 Dec 1919, Mt. Washington, Jackson County, Missouri
- Marriage (1): Emma Jean Jordan
- Died: 2 Jul 1965, Fowler, Fresno County, California at age 45
- Buried: Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whitier, California
 Cause of his death was truck accident [bomb exploded].
General Notes:
3 years younger than Eugene William Straw.
Killed in a trucking accident when a carried bomb exploded.
Had milaria from the Pacific. A Marine. Communications branch (phones). He left home very early. Joined a circus out of high school. Followed a barn stormer. He met his wife in California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940
Name: Herbert W Straw Muster Date: Dec 1940 Rank: Private Station: First Recruit Battalion,Recruit Depot,Base Troops,Mcb,San Diego,California
Name: Herbert W Straw Muster Date: Oct 1940 Enlistment Date: 15 Oct 1940 Rank: Private Station: Central Recruiting Division, 706 U S Court House Bldg, Chicago, Ill
According to John C Winters born 1919
Drove school bus on weekdays. needed additional income so drove a truck on the weekends. Carrying bombs that did not have detonators. Police report said a broken down car may have been in driving lane and caught truck. Truck left road into a cotton processing building and exploded.
Medical history for Herbert Straw
Pneumococcal Menigitis not contagious
had malaria and a fungus
8/1959 2 weeks
8/1962 didn't have energy after second time. 3 weeks
killed in 1965 Jul 3
California death records
Find A Grave Memorial 137161638
Herbert married Emma Jean Jordan, daughter of John Henry Jordan and Martha Ethel Bowman. (Emma Jean Jordan was born on 24 Mar 1920 in Johnson City, TN, died on 16 Feb 2006 in Lamirada, Los Angeles, California and was buried in Cremated with ashes reserved by family.)
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