Funeral service for MSG (Retired) Hermerejildo "Herman" Herrera, Jr., 89, Lawton, will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 18, in the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Bill Adamson, Deacon officiating. Sergeant Herrera died Thursday, February 14, 2013 in Norman. Burial with full military honors will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. A rosary service will be held at 5:00 p.m. Sunday in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel. He was born on March 11, 1923 in Laredo, Texas, to Hermerejildo Herrera, Sr. and Luciana (Garcia) Herrera. He grew up in Texas and enlisted in the U.S. Army as a boy. He married Maria B. Rodriguez on June 15, 1947 in Laredo, Texas, and together they lived in Florida, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Germany and Lawton. She preceded him in death on January 6, 2013. Sergeant Herrera retired from the Army on September 30, 1974 at Fort Sill. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam and his awards include the Combat Infantry Badge and Purple Heart which he received while serving in the South Pacific during World War II; a Silver Star, Defense Service Medal and Asiatic Pacific Medal he earned while serving in Vietnam; and the American Defense and Meritorious Service Medal he earned during the rest of his service. Following his retirement from the Army he worked for Civil Service at Fort Sill as an instructor in the automobile repair center. He had studied criminal justice at Cameron University and for several years played "Santa Claus" in the mall. He was a member of the Latin American Community Club, American Legion Post 29 of Lawton, a life member of VFW Post 5263, the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 56, Mount Scott Masonic Lodge 540, the India Shrine Temple and the National Association for Uniformed Services. He was a Catholic. He is survived by seven children and their spouses, Luciana Holden and Mark, Sr. of Goldsby, OK, Ruben Herrera and Mary E. of Norman, OK, Mandy Herrera of Lawton, OK, Maria Hernandez and Pablo of Lawton, OK, Herman J. Herrera, III and Diana of Fort Worth, TX, Estela Herrera of Alexandria, VA, Daniel Thomas Herrera of Lawton, OK, nine grandchildren & spouses, Mark Holden, Jr. and Cindy, Nick Holden, Olivia Herrera and Chris Bird, Tino Herrera, Mandy Griffin and Quinton, Diana Hernandez and Daniel Palma, Herman J. Herrera, IV, Joseph P. Herrera, Christopher Spangler and Thais Valentine, ten great grandchildren, Alex Holden, Van Holden, III, Victoria Herrera-Bird, Christian Hernandez, Gabriel Griffin, Adriana Griffin, Elysia Palma, Mario Palma, Leif Spangler, Maximus Spangler and a sister, Ramona Gonzalez, Austin, Texas His parents and three sisters preceded him in death. Friends may view from noon until 9 pm Saturday and from 8 am until 9 pm on Sunday.