Hartman William Stanley

Name:

William Stanley Hartman

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

20342716

Unit:

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Date of Death:

1944-09-20

State:

Virginia

Cemetery:

John W. Taylor Cemetery, Temperanceville, Accomack County, Virginia

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William Stanley Hartman was born on September 5, 1919, in Accomack County, Virginia. He was the son of James Henry Hartman and Mary Gregory Twilley Hartman.

William resided in Salisbury, Wicomico County, Maryland and was a member of the National Guard prior to the war. He was noted, at that time, as being employed as a Driver and also as Single, without dependents.

He was married prior to going overseas with his guard unit. At the time of his death, William was serving in Company I, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. He died from his wounds received in battle on September 20, 1944, during Operation Market Garden while participating in the Waal River crossing, the heroic crossing that liberated Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was one of the 49 paratroopers killed during the assault on German positions on the opposite bank. Cpl Hartman is now buried in the John W. Taylor Cemetery, Temperanceville, Accomack County, Virginia, USA.

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