Hartman, William Stanley
- Date of birth:
- September 5th, 1919 (Temerancevill-Accomack County/Virginia, United States)
- Date of death:
- September 23rd, 1944 (Military hospital in Belgium)
- Service number:
- 20342716
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
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Purple Heart
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- I Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Awarded for:
- Operation Shingle
First Purple Heart awarded for his injuries received in the bridgehead near Anzio in early 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Unit:
- I Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division 'All American'
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
Posthumously awarded his second Purple Heart as Oak Leaf Cluster
Sources
- Photo 1: ww2-airborne.us
- Photo 2: Findagrave.com by Corey and Douglas Marshall-Steele
- - LUNTEREN, F. VAN, The Battle of the Bridges, Casemate, 2017.
- STEENBERGER, D. e.a., De Oversteek, De Gelderlander, Nijmegen, 2013.
- https://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/persoon/hartman/a394450e-5829-4014-8ec7-9bcd766c9643
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82977915/william_stanley-hartman
- https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/504/504_trp_3.html
- https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=31574
- https://www.ancestry.com/
- https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/594575/
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