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Personal info

Full name
HARTMANN, Vincent F "Chick"
Date of birth
7 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Bronx, New York City, New York
Hometown
Islip, Suffolk County, New York

Military service

Service number
42039619
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Winterberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 16 3

Immediate family

Members
Hugo A. Hartmann (father)
Emma Hartmann (mother)
Viola Hartmann (sister)
Harold Hartmann (brother)
Francis Hartman (brother)
Zola Hartmann (sister)
Henry Hartmann (brother)
Jean (Katowicz) Hartmann (wife)
Carol Hartmann (daughter)

More information

Pfc Vincent F. Hartmann attended high school for two years and worked in the petroleum refining industry.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 15 September 1943.

He was wounded on 5 April 1945 and died the following day. He was initially buried in Ittenbach, Germany and permanently buried at Margraten on 13 December 1948.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Records, www.wwiimemorial.com - National Archives / ABMC Cemeteries, www.findagrave.com - CWGC/ABMC, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census US, 1915 New York State Census/New York Marriage Index

Photo source: Mariet Gijsen, Robert Misegades (nephew)