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Pfc Harmon W. Talley enlisted at Jacksonville, AAF, Florida on 16 January 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

He is remembered at the Western Cemetery in Walkerville, Columbia County, Arkansas.

On a cold, rainy, overcast day, the fifth of December, the Thirty-Fifth Tank Battalion under Comb at Command "A" made the bridgehead and Abe received the order to go ahead. As the Thirty-Seventh crossed the bridge, the Ninety-Fourth followed, less "A" Battery which had gone into position near Rimsdorf to cover the initial phase of the attack and fire on Schmittwiller. In open formation the Thirty Seventh attacked up the ridge, bypassing Schmittwiller and continuing toward Singling. "A" Battery, from its position in Rimsdorf, covered the attack with W. P. smoke fired at extreme range on the left flank. The Battalion meanwhile went into position where the road "petered out" at Ste Madeleine Farme and fired the planned concentrations. The Thirty-Seventh, as it approached Singling which was situated in a saddle, came under heavy armor piercing fire. Twelve tanks were lost including our tank observer's. Lieutenant Griffith, Sergeant James R. Ritchey and Corporal Esmon S. Chappel miraculously escaped, but Technician Fourth Grade Oscar W. Britt and Private First Class Harmon W. Talley were killed.