Palo Alto County

Pfc. Melvin Hartman

Iowa Honor Roll

Like the men pictured here on previous Sundays, these Iowans have given their lives for their country.  Each one was either killed in action or died in prison camp. The fourth line under each picture gives the area in which the man last served. The list will be continued in future weeks.

Source: The Des Moines Sunday Register, March 12, 1944 (photos included)

Melvin Joseph Hartman was born Mar. 11, 1916 to Fred Leo and Rosina Cecelia Csukker Hartman. He died Mar. 24, 1943 and is buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN.

Pvt. Hartman served in World War II with the U.S. Army Co. M. 127th Infantry and died while in the service of his country in Sydney, Australia.

Source: ancestry.com