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Personal info

Full name
HARTMAN, Ruben B
Date of birth
7 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Sault Ste Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
6835339
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Esslingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 9 12

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Hartman (father)
Mary Hartman (mother)
Walter Hartman (brother)
Alexander Hartman Jr. (brother)
Adam Hartman (brother)
Henry H. Hartman (brother)
William W. Hartman (brother)

More information

Ruben R. Hartman joined the Regular Army on 24 April 1939. In 1940. he was sent to Iceland in April 1942 where he was stationed there until August 1944, when he he was sent to England.

He was reported wounded in action on Christmas Day in Luxembourg and after being hospitalized in a base hospital somewhere in France he returned to duty on 11 January 1945.

His brothers were also in active duty in the ETO and the South Pacific.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Hartman Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - The Sheboygan Press

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Sheboygan Press