Harry J. Hartmann Jr.

Korean War
Service #12339814
UnitE CO 8 REGT 1 CAV DIV
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Date of DeathMarch 31 1951
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
6
E CO 8 REGT 1 CAV DIV
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Private First Class Hartmann was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes

Private First Class Hartmann was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was seriously wounded by the enemy in South Korea on September 4, 1950 and returned to duty on October 3, 1950. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950 and died in a North Korean prison camp on March 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. 

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Private First Class Harry J. Hartmann, Jr. were accounted for in 2023. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu Memorial. 

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.