In Memory of
Army Sergeant
Lloyd Vernon Herlyn
Marion, South Dakota
Turner County
March 4, 1915 – September 19, 1944
Killed in Action at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium

Lloyd Vernon Herlyn was born March 4, 1915, in Marion, South Dakota.  Lloyd was the fifth of eight children of Gertje and Henry B. Herlyn.  Lloyd attended Marion Public School and attended church at the First Reformed Church in Monroe.  Before going into the service, Lloyd was employed at Marion’s creamery and enjoyed practicing his culinary skills.  When he entered the Army, his comrades said that he was the best pie maker.

Lloyd Vernon Herlyn was drafted into the Army on March 5, 1942.  After being stationed in numerous locations he was sent to England on May 28, 1944.  Lloyd was ranked a Sergeant in the Army’s infantry.  He fought in France, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium.

Sergeant Lloyd Vernon Herlyn was Killed in Action at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium on September 19, 1944, at the age of twenty-five.  He was buried at the American Military Cemetery in Belgium.

On October 13, 1944, Henry Herlyn, Sgt. Herlyn’s father, received a message from the War Department:

We’re sorry to inform you that your son was killed in Action in German Territory.  I
understand your desire to learn as much as possible regarding his death, and I wish that there
were more information available to give you.  Unfortunately, reports of this nature contain
only the briefest details as they are prepared under battle condition and the means of
transmission are limited.

At the time of Sergeant Herlyn’s death, he was survived by his father, brothers and sisters, and numerous nieces and nephews.  In a letter from his sister-in-law Linda, he was described as a man with a pleasing personality and a man with many friends.

This entry was respectfully submitted by Dustin Drefke, 11^th Grade, Parker High School, Parker, South Dakota, April 30, 2002.  Information for this entry was provided by Mrs. Linda Herlyn, Marion, South Dakota, sister-in-law of Lloyd Herlyn, and Mr. and Mrs. Lowell and Cindy Herlyn, Marion, South Dakota, nephew of Lloyd Herlyn.