Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
TOMLIN, Harry Hammack - Date of
birth
23 February 1918 -
Age
25 -
Place of birth
Waldo, Columbia County, Arkansas -
Hometown
Columbia County, Arkansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-726090 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
369th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
5 January 1944 - Place of
death
Hohenfelde, County Steinburg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 9 | 56 |
Immediate family
-
Members
James M. Tomlin (father)
Lucy L. (Hammack) Tomlin (mother)
Dalton P. Tomlin (brother)
Ethel L. M. Tomlin (sister)
Carol V. (Leverett) Tomlin (wife)
Stephen L. Tomlin (son)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30794 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the naval yards
MACR: 1683
More information
Harry Tomlin attended college and was a clerk.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Fort De Moines, Iowa on 17 January 1942.
The aircraft was shot down by German fighters.
Two crew members survived and were taken prisoner, eight men were killed and initially buried at the community cemetery Hohenfelde on 7 January 1944.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Tomlin Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - mptomlin family tree, www.americanairmuseum.com