Wilbur Dean Herndon^[1]

1913 - 1996  (82 years)

• Name	Wilbur Dean Herndon  [2]
  Birth	4 Sep 1913	Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Y
  Military	Wilbur Dean Herndon was a warrant officer in the US Army.  [3]
  US SSN	526-54-2986  [4]
  Residence	Jan 1920	Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States   [5]
  402 East Clayton Avenue
  Census	8 Jan 1920	First Ward, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States   [5]
  Residence	Apr 1930	Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States   [6]
  402 North 5th Street
  Census	7 Apr 1930	First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States   [6]
  Death	17 Jan 1996	Washington, District of Columbia, United States   [4]
  Burial	Aft 17 Jan 1996	Arlington National Cemetery (Section 67, Site 3132), Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
  Person ID	I2091	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	William Draper Herndon,   b. 26 Jan 1879, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States d. 21 May 1945, (unknown) (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Irene Crain,   b. 18 Jan 1883, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States d. Aft Apr 1930, (unknown) (Age > 47 years)
  Marriage	29 Jan 1911	Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States   [7]
  Family ID	F1484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gwendaline Marguerite Bennett,   b. 1 Dec 1918, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, United States d. 1 Feb 2008, Baltimore, Maryland, United States (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	Bef Nov 1941	(unknown)   [8]
  Notes	The status of Gwendaline Marguerite Bennett’s marriage to Wilbur Dean Herndon is not known, but it is likely that they divorced as references are made in [Kirkpatrick-2013] to a number of half-siblings by a second marriage. [8]
  Children	1. (Living)   2. (Living)
  Family ID	F1497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2016

  
  

  Family 2	(Living)
  Family ID	F1879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Sep 1913 - Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Residence - Jan 1920 - Hugo Township, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Census - 8 Jan 1920 - First Ward, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Residence - Apr 1930 - Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Census - 7 Apr 1930 - First Ward, Hugo City, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States Death - 17 Jan 1996 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Death date and location are based on a single matching SSDI record for a Wilber Herndon born on 4 Sep 1913. (Note that the social security number was issued in Arizona.) [4] According to [Hugo-1937] Wilbur Dean Herndon was living in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas at the time of his grandmother’s death. [9] Most of the vital information on Wilbur Dean Herndon from source [Anderson-1964] has been corroborated by other sources including [US-SSA-1956a]. [2, 10]

  
  

• Reference

  Herndon, William. "Wilbur Dean Herndon". Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I2091&tree=LindellHerndon (accessed July 2, 2025).