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Personal info

Full name
HARTLEY, Joseph Marion
Date of birth
17 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hampton, Hampton County, South Carolina
Hometown
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34961289
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
254th Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Hartungshof, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Cleavy Hartley (father)
Ella M. Hartley (mother)

More information

Pfc Joseph M. Hartley was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 26 February 1944.

His remains were found in May 1982 while workers were putting in a pipeline on a farm in Hartungshof, near Saarbrucken, Germany. He was identified in July 1982 and buried at the National Cemetery in Beaufort on 11 August 1982.

He is also remembered at the Live Oak Memorial Gardens in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com - Juanda Owens B / Stephen C Petit Sr., www.newspapers.com - The Item - 2 August 1982
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman / Juanda Owens B