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Personal info

Full name
TATMAN, Harry Edward
Date of birth
30 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Coaldale, Fremont County, Colorado
Hometown
Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37350762
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 47 31

Immediate family

Members
James W. Tatman (father)
Ella F. (Asher) Tatman (mother)
Elsie E. Tatman (sister)
Robert J. Tatman (brother)
Raymond E. Tatman (brother)
Edith A. Tatman (sister)
Kenneth L. Tatman (brother)

More information

Pfc Harry E. Tatman was a chauffeur before he enlisted in Pueblo, Colorado on 18 July 1942.

One round of enemy artillery fell in the vicinity of 203 anti-tank mines, causing several to explode. Nine men were killed, three were wounded.

Harry Tatman was killed when his body was crushed by the blast.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / Franklin & Bishop Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Emmanuel Vincent