Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
Headstone shared by 7 interments, including Herbert Holmer Hartford
U.S. Army Air Forces · United States United States

Herbert Holmer Hartford

Second Lieutenant
1923 – 1944
Purple HeartAir Medal
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Second Lieutenant Herbert Holmer Hartford served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Herbert served in World War II.

What Happened

2nd Lt Herbert H. Hartford joined the Regular Army in Boston, Massachusetts on 9 December 1942. | | 2nd Lt Douglas A. Herrin: | As I was flying No.5 position in C flight, I saw the 3 Ships ahead of me go down. Fighters came from behind, Apparently on our level and slightly above. Lt Mitchells ship, Flying in No.3 position dropped out with one engine on fire and I did not see him anymore. | | A frontal attack took place and killed the Co-Pilot.

Keepsakes
Herbert Holmer Hartford Shared stone
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Service Record
U.S. Army Air Forces became the U.S. Air Force in 1947
764th Bombardment Squadron, | 461st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Second Lieutenant
Conflicts
World War II
Awards & Decorations 2

Foreign awards

Purple Heart
Air Medal
Memorials
Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery cut as HARTFORD HERBERT HOLMER
Burial Information
Cemetery Epinal American Cemetery
In Our Keeping
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Herbert Holmer Hartford
Second Lieutenant
U.S. Army Air Forces
764th Bombardment Squadron
Second Lieutenant
Purple Heart Air Medal

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