Vietnam Veteran and PTSD Advocate Killed in Motorcycle Accident

Grayson County veteran dies after motorcycle accident
KXII News
By: Kristen Shanahan
October 7, 2013

SHERMAN, TX -- A Grayson County veteran who was in a motorcycle accident Friday has died.

Family members say 69-year-old Bob Hillerby died around 12:15 A.M. Sunday morning. Sherman Police say around 5:30 Friday evening Hillerby hit a car that was turning into Shadow Mountain off 1417.

Hillerby was a combat photographer during the Vietnam War. Friend, Jerry Wrenn, says Hillerby made it his mission to help young veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The two began a PTSD peer-to-peer group together. Wrenn says it will be hard to go on without Hillerby.
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UPDATE
Friends and family remember Bob Hillerby
KXII
By: Kristen Shanahan
Oct 08, 2013

SHERMAN, TX -- Funeral arrangements have been set for a Grayson County veteran killed in a motorcycle accident Friday. The service for 69-year-old Bob Hillerby will be held at 2 p.m.this Thursday at Fusion Bible Church. Tuesday Kristen Shanahan spoke with close friends and family who share the legacy he has left behind.

Bob Hillerby's mission was to leave no veteran behind.

"Now my whole purpose in life is that I don't want a single veteran out there to waste 45 years of their life the way I did," Hillerby said.

That was Hillerby back in August. He suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but his family says he used his experiences to help veterans young and old to battle the illness.

"He was called by God to help these guys who were coming back with problems," Hillerby's wife, Alice, said.
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