William Pryor Herndon (1912 - 1995): Lindell-Herndon Genealogy

1912 - 1995 (83 years)

Name	William Pryor Herndon [2, 3]
Birth	30 Jan 1912	Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States [3]
Gender	Male
Military Service	Y
US SSN	461-12-3134 [4, 5]
Occupation	Mail Clerk [5]
Occupation	US Navy Radioman (3rd Class), Service Number: 624-43-40 [6]
Census	11 Apr 1930	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States [7]
Residence	3 Apr 1942	San Francisco, California, United States [6]
Aboard the USS LST 476
Cause of Death	Colon Cancer/Pulmonary Disease [5]
Death	11 Mar 1995	Oxnard, Ventura County, California, United States [5]
Burial	15 Mar 1995	Ventura Coast (at sea), California, United States [5]
Person ID	I2098	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
Last Modified	26 Dec 2014

Father	Robert Boyd Herndon, b. 22 Jun 1886, Chicota, Lamar County, Texas, United States d. 9 Mar 1934, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States (Age 47 years)
Mother	Tennie May Calhoun, b. 1 May 1891, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, United States d. 7 Nov 1977, Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California, United States (Age 86 years)
Marriage	12 Dec 1908	Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States [8]
Separated	Aft Jun 1917 [9]
Notes	Tennie’s parents, James Marion Calhoun and Sarah Elizabeth (Turpin) Calhoun, served as witnesses for the marriage license application and marriage certificate. [8]
Family ID	F804	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Helen Rose Tomko, b. 14 Jul 1921, (unknown) d. 1 Dec 2012, _______, _______, California, United States (Age 91 years)

Children

	1. (Living)
	2. (Living)
	3. (Living)
	4. (Living)

Family ID F1503 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Oct 2011

Event Map

	Birth - 30 Jan 1912 - Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
	Census - 11 Apr 1930 - El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, United States
	Residence - 3 Apr 1942 - San Francisco, California, United States

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Photos » Slide Show		Herndon Boys William Pryor Herndon and Robert Paul Herndon, Bill's great uncle and grandfather (paternal) circa 1919 - Photo courtesy Robert Raymond Herndon
		William Pryor and Robert Paul Herndon Bill's great uncle and grandfather (paternal) circa 1990 - Photo courtesy Robert Raymond Herndon
		Robert Boyd Herndon and Sons Bill's great-grandfather (paternal) and sons circa 1914 - Photo courtesy of Robert Raymond Herndon
		William Pryor Herndon Bill's great-uncle (paternal), San Francisco circa 1942 - Photo courtesy of Robert Raymond Herndon
		William Pryor Herndon Bill's great-uncle (paternal) - Photo courtesy Robert Raymond Herndon.

Notes

According to [Hugo-1934], William Pryor Herndon was living in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas at the time of his father’s death. [10]
William Pryor Herndon had been a resident of Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California for 39 years at the time of his death in 1995. [5]
William Pryor Herndon enlisted in the US Navy on 26 Feb 1942 at Houston, Texas and remained in the service through 1965. [5, 11]
In [US- 1930n] William Pryor Herndon is listed as “Bill P Herndon”. [7]

Reference Herndon, William Robert. "William Pryor Herndon", Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. [Online]. Available: https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I2098&tree=LindellHerndon. [Accessed: 08-Jun-2026].

Sources

[S315] [Herndon-2025] Herndon, William Robert, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: By the author, 2025.
[S113] [Anderson-1964] Anderson, Ethel Nichols et al., Draper Families in America, Nashville, Tennessee: The Parthenon Press, 1964.
[S234] [OkSBoH-1912a] "Birth Certificate of William Pryor Herndon," Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Oklahoma State Board of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics, file 6376.
[S1] [US-SSA-SSDI] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Washington, District of Columbia: Social Security Administration (SSA), 2016.
[S268] [Ventura-1995] "Death Certificate of William Pryor Herndon," Ventura, California: Ventura County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 2004, number 39556000772.
[S467] [USN-1943a] "Muster reel of the Crew of the U.S.S. LST 476," Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007 - Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949, College Park, Maryland: National Archives at College Park, record group 24 , series ARC ID: 594996, MLR number A1 135, page 2.
[S436] [US-1930-1n] "Justice Precinct #1, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas," Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930,
Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T626, roll 2329, E.D. 62, sheet 10A.
[S251] [Bryan-1908] "Marriage License of R. B. Herndon and Tennie Calhoun," Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma: County Clerk’s Office.
[S437] [US-SSS-1917a] "World War I Draft Registration - Robert Boyd Herndon," World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917 - 1918, Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), reel 1852072, reference 35-2-17-A, card 136.
[S246] [Hugo-1934] "Obituary of R. B. ‘Bob’ Herndon," Hugo Daily News, page 1.
[S467] [USN-1943a] "Muster reel of the Crew of the U.S.S. LST 476," Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007 - Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949, College Park, Maryland: National Archives at College Park, record group 24 , series ARC ID: 594996, MLR number A1 135, page 2.

William Pryor Herndon[1]

William Pryor Herndon^[1]