Reburial Planned For Pfc Hartman

   The body of Pfc George E. Hartman, 22, who was killed October 1, 1944, In Holland, will arrive in Cumberland tomorrow and will be taken to the Kight Funeral Home where a reburial service will be held Friday at 2 p.m.  Rev. George A. Baughman, Methodist minister, will officiate and burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.  Military honors will be in charge of Fort Cumberland Post No. 13, American Legion.
   A son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.  Hartman, 316 Davidson Street, he was born in Cumberland and was in the service station business before entering the Army.
   Pfc Hartman entered the service April 14, 1941 at Fort George G, Meade where he served in the medical detachment of the 110th Field Artillery, 29th Division.  He was then transferred to Camp Maxton, NC with Company A, 190th Glider Infantry and later joined the 550th Battalion.  He completed training and received his wings with the 508th Parachute Infantry, Fort Benning, Ga.
   Pfc Hartman left the United States February 11, 1944, and landed in Ireland.  He went to England before participating in the D-Day landing in Normandy.  He was later transferred to the 82nd Airborne Company with whom he took part in many engagements before being killed in Holland.   He was buried in the Molenhoke [sic] Military Cemetery, Holland.
   Among decorations received by Pfc Hartman were the Good Conduct medal, Purple Heart and Presidential Citation.
He was a member of Central Methodist Church and the Jr. O. U.A.M.  Besides his parents he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Crabtree and Mrs. Harry Eyre both of this city, and Mrs. Marshall Jenkins, Washington, D.C. and three brothers, Walter M. Hartman, Charles H. Hartman and James L. Hartman, all of this city.

[The Cumberland News (Cumberland, Maryland) · Tue, Jan 11, 1949 · Page 14]