INDIVIDUAL DECEASED

PERSONNEL FILE

f-i A K J tfr\ ^ Qfc

r i r e t Nane

^BWaauMP, Missing In Act ion, ^ July 1941 .

HffectB Q.M. ETOUSA, 1-copy tn box with e f f ec t s , 1 copy retained., B -

mjft 26 JtOj- 1944 ' Date

BSth ^onbardment Squadron (H) , 458th Bombardment Group (B) . J^Pft'558 ' " ^ N Organization and A.Z-.O. Nvuaber

' . i ' l ranamlttal of Inventory of PerBO;i;il E f f e c t s .

E f f e c t s Qoarteraaster, ETOUSA, Depot G-14, APO. 507, Xf, S. AEMY.

JHI . ^Transmitted herewith In accordance with Adn. Cir. #30, d a t e a ^ ^ c t . 60S. ETOUSA, is Inventory of Effects concerning siibject named below.

0. T/3gt 39197606 623G

KI R nk ASN Control No. For use- of Effecte Qft, •: ETOUSA.

765th Bomb Sq (H) . 458th Baab Gp (H). APO 558 f UNIT Not Branch of Service.

on the 11

Beneficiary (with address. Mrs. Winifred Z. Hardeman (Wife) 3024 4th Avenue *.

JP Seattle, Washington

;;8l Ca h found in effects, less cost of money order inclosed herewith.

12333 Amt 96.89 U.S. '.O. # .'Ont 5 Amt S T! .S .i'i.O. #_ i»mt ir

©fficlal Check v_

w counts

Aat. BanK Naae and Branch.

. W i l l , Power of Attorney, V/ar -oond, -Truvelero ^heclcs, describe F u l l , ED

.Wgrds not a p p l i c a b l e , where appl_c-ible.

• r. :-.AU53..J9'l Receipt is c k n c w l - ^ c d cf C l ? s $ H

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ea ea ea pr pr ee ea

Attach extra sheets i f necessary

Class I

B M , teSlet, w/pencll and razor Books, bo£r Brush, hair, green Folder, photograph "lasses, eun Oloyes Insignia, military Personal "201"file, letten Klbhone

'3

, i M ' * •

I certify th.t the foregoing inventory comprises all of subject's effects and that effects were shipped to Effects S^i. EIOUSA, A.P.O. 507. G-14. U.S, Army

^by delivering to Amy "Poat Office ^ 0n 2 7 iHlj!, TfH4- 1 9 4 4 ,

.In ink

I m n E. 'TUESEE

Same (Slock letters tamtAia. AC Supply Officer, 755th Bomb Sq

Hank and Organization

• AHJC EFFECTS BURBMI .IKVENTORY

CASS NO.

TYPED BY

& DATE

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REMARKS

A C C O U N T I N G I N V 5 I! I O R T

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PACKAGE DESCRIPTION

A ARMY EFFECTS BUREAU INVENTORY

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A.S.N. < O >.

BELT

BCLT, MONEY (NO MONEY) CI.OTH, WASH

CO^TS

FOOTWEAR, PR.

GLOVES, PR.

HANDKERCHIEFS

HEADWEAR

JACKETS . . ,

OVERCOATS

SCARFS

SHIRTS

SOCKS, PR.

TIES

TOWELS

TROUSERS, PR.

TRUNKS, PR.

umcBim

4 S &^«SHCLOT

IDENT. CLOTH INGT BRACELET

.BRUSHES

CAMERAS CLASSES

KNIVES

LIGHTERS

Ml SC. INSISHI REN, FOUNT;IK PENCIL, MECHANICAL PIPES S RELIGIOUS >frr ICLES RIBBONS,'DECORATION RINGS TOBACCO TOILET ARTICLES WATCH

•fv;WGS

O? GAN I ZAT ION. r.\ •

3AGS, CLOTH OR TRAVEL BILLFOLD, (NO MOj EY) CASE

FOOTLOCKE KIT.SE

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BOOKS BOOKS, ADDRESS BOCKS. PILOT LOG DIARY (REMOVED FOR DUFj! FILMS LETTERS PAPERS. PERSONAL PHOTOS SHOE SHINE ARTICLES SHORT SNORTER SOUVENIRS SOUVENIR MONEY'—^ STATIONERY TESTAMENTS -U.S. MONEY (AMOUNT)

=3 j

REIRK5 / ' ' ••''> w V ATTACHMENTS FORM #?»

SHORTAGES

U.S. GOVT. CHECK SHORT

NUMBER

Oi.rE

SYMBOL

AMOUNT

I certify that the above listed itens were not in the containers inventoried by ne:

INVENTORY CLERK

SUPERVISOR

fctt. (JM Form 11 (12 Dec W ) ^ * 1 7

AiUCT SERVICE FC ARMT EFFECTS BUREAU

OHDSR, FOP. SSWESSl

Effec t s o f :

ASN

Caaa Mo,

I t .

DATE 22 May 1945

REIiAEKS:

SHIP TO: • ' • • • .••

T/3gt. Glen 0. Hardeman

39197606

231414 U

Mrs. Winifred Hardeman

3024 Fourth Avenue, West

Seat t le 99, Washington

JEM:VJ:co

x Inclose Bur jau Check Aieet. No. 90049 •ApSttnt . g96.89 7^

Iholo-'Sc "•'Valuables^ item ~^hip "'^"aluablas" it'en-ys)

g Warehouse D i v i s i o n . . •g'.- F i l e s Bpaneii, Adm. Div,

l.-Aaooun-tlng Br-anch

^ 3 . GR: BHSota Quartermaster

Jtemdre 3.1. • Jiate discrspancy i n , "Films romoved ^DiF.ry rer.ovcd "lajasdiy reacved

90049

23U14

72368 emh

May 19 A5

Winif red Hurdaaaa 96.39

Kinety-Six an5 39A0O

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3 f f . QM Forn lU (26 Dec U i )

A ARMI SERVICE EORCES BRAS CITY QUARTERMAST R D2P0T

APJIY EFFECTS BOSMU 601 Hirdesty Avenue ,

Kansas City 1,-Micsoliri

In lieply Rsfer To: 231414

(3-7-22-46) JIM:VJ:o<?

Hay 22, 1945

Mrs. Vinlfred Hardenan 3024 Fourth Aveno*, Veat Seattle 99, Waahington

Dear Ura. Hardeman>

The Arry Effects Bureau is foi-.Tardins to you the follCTTing personal property, recently received here, belong­ing to youi- huaband, Teohnical Sergeant Olen 0. Hardeman:

1 oarton and contents 1 Bureau oheok for $96.89 - Inoloaed

action in transmitting the property does not, OL i t s e l f , ves^ t i t l e in you. The items ere forrarded i n order that you may aot az gratuitour. bailee in caring for then pending the return of the owner, who has been reported missing in action. In the event he later ic- roported a casualty, and I sincerely hope he never i s , i t w i l l be neces­aary that the'prcperty be turned over to the person or persons legally entitled to reoeive i t .

When delivery has been nade, I shall appreciate your aoknetriedging receipt by signint; oae copy of this letter in the space provided bsiow, and returning It to this Bureau. For your' convenience, tiiere is inclosed an addressed envelope which needs no postage.

I regret the circumstances prompting this letter, and wish to exprosc my hepe for the safe return of your husband.

Toura Tory truly,

8 Incl— Envelope Cheok

A. G. SCHUMACHER lat Lt. Q.M.C.

Aast. Chief, Admin. Dlyialon

Reoeipt acknowledred:

(^gnature oi i ia i iee , E f f . Oil i:'orrr 20$ (11 Apr li5)

[3Ke5

3 conies to Ef fec t s Q . l f c o U S A . 1 copy i n ^ with e f f e * . 1 copy retained. 36 July 1»44 Date

J

Organization and •• ••0. Wumber

SUBJECT: Transmittal of Inventory of Persoa'd Effects.

TO" ! Effects Quartermaster. ETOUS . Depot G-14, APO. 507.

TI. S. AffiCTii . . .

1943,,. r J ^ W « 1 2 ^ 4 ^ S HAHDKOH, Aim

0 > f/Sgt 39197606

Last Name F i r s t Name ^ i l Control No. For use of E f f ec t s QJ*. ETOU&ii..

n , tion WM> S" !Bl ggg? ^ ^ig^g — Organization., ^ e i Service.

•Status. (fWWWS. Mlaaineln Action. M i l M i l 01 IH" on the *

day of

Designated i e n e ' i c i a r y (with address. Mra. Mlnlfrad I . Harde«an (Wife) 3024 4th Ayanua M. Seattle. W*aMington

01. II assets; Cash fonn. i n e f f ec t s , l e s . cost of money ordar l o o s e d herewith.

U.S.M.O. * IS** mt e J l j g _ 2 ^S . -.O. #_

TJ.S.K.O. f J ^ t ? T T - S . - 0 . #-

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Amt v."

U.S. O f f i c i a l Check ?_ Ant. Banic U'lmc and 3ranch.

•cBank .accounts

^Debtors.

jfCrfedicors_

i l l i c losed iE_ W i l l . Power of Attorney. War ^ond

smcms (if aaj''

, Travelers 'Wlce, Ascribe l u l l .

-Str ike out words net i p n l i c a b l a . Negative report where appl-C-ble.

(OVER

fl

attach extra sheets i f accessary

1 ea Hag, toilet, w/penc*l and raeo'r 4 ea B ook«, Holy 1 ea Brush, hair, sreoa 1 ea Tolder, nhoto«r»Ph 1 pr ^laasas, aun 1 pr Olovea 1 ea Inslenia. allitary 1 ea Personal • ^ l " f i l a , lettera 1 ea Ribbon

p.

I certify th.t the foregoing inventory - J ^ e a all of a n b j ^ , e f f e c t s ^

id that effects were ^ ^ c t s v- E O U S ^ g ^ ^ L J ^ J ^ _ 1 9 4 4 . | and by del iver ing to _

' i t - ( id 1 i u * X. TDBHKB

C ^ t . T c Z ^ e (Slock T e t t e r .

Supply Officar. 755th,Bau* 8

Hank and Organization

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ASK

Case Ko.

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DATE

REMARKS:

ORESR fai SKL?ME2';T

SHIP TO; Mrs. Ilalfred Xlmbls Hard*mm -

3034 4th ATanna. Vast

*/agt. Olen 0. M n n Saattla, Washington

39197C0*

231414

18 October 1945

RTB: VK: lm f0r.r7!'Eirreo cs ciosu'tttnsaster

_Inclose 3'jreau Cheok Acct. No. Ancunt

Inclose "Valuables" ibon . 'Ship "Valuahies" itea(s)

Re'BOve G. Z. "irote diooraoanc;' in_ "i'ilma r^ao^ed "Liary renoved "Laandr;- renoved

RCUriNG:'

Accounting Branch i x VferehousJ -"ivision

"Files aranca, ade

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sat. Ex-). SSgs. ' gg Eni,. Frt. Ch.n:s._ No. of package

HSES 4^

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A T T A C H M E N T S

INBOUND IHVEHTORY

R. OR SUB GR LABEL

WILL OR POWER OF ATTT.

TALLY IN FORM 43

BAGS. CLOTH OR TRAVEL

BELT. MONEY (NO MONEY)

BILLFOLD (NO MONEY)

BOOKS

BRACELET. IDENT.

CAMERAS

CLOTHING

MISC. ARTICLES

RELIGIOUS ARTICLES

RIBBONS, DECORATION

SHORT SNORTER

SOUVENIR MONEY

SOUVENIRS

TESTAMENTS

TOWELS & WASHCLOTHS

U, S. MONEY (AMOUNT)

WATCH

WINGS

EFFECTS INVENTORY A R M Y E F F E C T S B U R E A U

CEASED

BELT

BOOKS. ADDRESS

BOOKS. PILOT LOG

BRUSHES

CASE

CLOTH. WASH

COATS

FOOTLOCKER

FOOTWEAR. PR.

GLASSES

GLOVES. PR.

HANDKERCHIEFS

HEADWEAR

JACKETS

KITS

KNIVES

LETTERS

LIGHTERS

OVERCOATS

PAPERS. PERSONAL „

PENCIL. MECHANICAL

PEN. FOUNTAIN

PHOTOS

PIPES

RINGS

SCARFS

SHIRTS

SOCKS. PR.

STATIONERY

TIES

TOBACCO

TOILET ARTICLES

TOWELS

TROUSERS. PR.

TRUNKS. PR.

UNDERWEAR

p o. w.

ABANDONED

UNKNOWN

CONTAINERS ADDRESSED TO , INFORMATION

ay - V £ CU-*.

NAME AND STATUS VARIATIONS

s. CROSS REFERENCE

JtQ.

CHECK

MONET ORDER

BOND

TRAV. CHECK

FOREIGN CURRENCT

U. S. CURRENCY

REC'D BY

BUREAU CHECK

TRANSMIT ORIGINAL

ORIG. REG. MAIL

TO ISSUING AGENCY

BANK OR

PLACE OF ISSUE

REMITTER OR

DRAWER

ORIG. NO. OF PKGS. EXAMINING DATE _ > ^ '

- N K — j A > e I S E N 0 -ORGANIZATION

WAREHOUSE SPACE

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION [/WEIGHT

MINED B T O .

INSPECTED BY f / ^

L . ' STORED^, "

DIART REMOVED

I PHOTO FILM REMOVED

HOT I ON PICT URE FILM REMOVED

S H I P P E D

S H O R T A G E S

NUMBER

DATE

SYMBOL

AMOUNT

U. S. GOV'T CHECK SHORT

/ certify that the above items vere not in (he confamers

inventoried by me.

SUPERVISOR

G . I. R E M O V E D

^ .

JUT:

WAR DEPARTMENT^ T H E A D J U T A N T G E N E R A L ' S O F F I C E

W A S H I N G T O N 25 . D . ^ C .

—BATTLE CASUALTY REPORT

23

N A M E S E R I A L N U M B C R O R A D C A « M O R S E R V I C C

, . R C P O R T I N O 1 T H C A T R E

ARDEMAN GLEN 0 3 9 1 9 7 6 0 6 T SC AC ETO

. P L A C E O F C A S U A L T Y D A -

DAY E O F C A S U A

M O N T H L T Y

V I A R F L Y I N O 1 OR

J U M F 1 N O • T A T T Y P C O F

C A S U A L T Y S H I P M E N T N U M B C R

GERMANY 1 1 JUL 4 4 c MIA 1 3 2

N A M E A N D A D D R E S S O F E M E R G E N C Y A D D R E S S E E

- O N I 3 ^ Q T ' ^ ^ S E B S A RI L Y T H C N E X T - O F • K 1 N O R R E L A T I V E D E S I G N A T E D T O B E P A I D S I X M O N T H S ' F A Y O R A T U I T Y I N C A S E O F D E A T H

M R S . - M l M - i p i R S T N A M C - M 1 D D L C I N I T I A L L A S T N A M C I R E L A T I O N S H I P | D A T C N O T I F I E D

MBS WINirHSD-'KIMBLE A N D N A M E . O F S T R E r T — C I T Y — S T A T C

5024 4TH AVEmiS WEST

HABDEMAtT WIFE 25 JOLT 1944 a i r

SEATTLE WASHINGTON ^lARKS: ^

C O R R E C T E D C O P Y

i

\

T I O N B Y P R O C B f e S I N G A N D V E R I F I C A T I O N S E C T I O N : REPORT V E R I F I E D .

J A L T Y B R A N C H F I L E A T T A C H C D . _ P ^ C H A R a G D T O ,

/ I O U S L Y R E P O R T E D N O _ ^ 1 — V * »

. F O R M «3 . . A G 201 R E Q .

D A T E .

. ( A S I N D I C A T E D B E L O W ) :

F I L E N O . M E S S A G E N O . D A T E A N D A R E A

V A R D E D

a . R . a D . M . NON-DC1..

J R T N O T V E R I F I E D

••A~ I

N O F O R M 4 3 . O C A S . B R . F I L E ^ ^ C H E C K E D B Y ,

M I N E R E C O R D S B R A N C H ,

R E V I E W E D B Y .

T H I S S P A C E F O R U S E O F M A C

CT. EA

35

CASUALTY STATUS

36 j 37 j 38 39 40

O R I G I N A L C A S - D A T E

41 42

M E S S A G E N O

43 44 45

L A T E S T C A S . D A T E

46 47 48 ( 49

REFERENCE AREA

50 51

C O P I E S • : - i : ION " A " | 2 A L L T Y P E S O F C A S U A L T I E S P E R T A I N I N G T O M I L I T A R Y P E R B O N N E L , E X C E P T W O U N D E D . ) - O P I E S F U R N I S H E D : S E E C A S U A L T Y B R A N C H M E M O R A N D U M N O . 48. 1944.

CREW POS.

52

A . G . O . R E S I D E N C E

53 bi

1 55 56 57 5B

± 59

D I S T R I B U T I O N " B " C O P I E S

A L L W O U N D E D M I L I T A R Y P E R S O N N E L A N D A L L T Y P E S O F C A S U A L T I ^ n ^ i w e ^ ' T O * MIL . l T A R Y ^ A VvT ^ ^ ^ .V D E M P L O Y E E S . E M P L O Y E E S O F W . D. C O N T R A C T O R S A N D O T H E R S S U B J E C T T O M I L I T A R Y L A W . ) - O P I E S F U R N I S H E D : S E E C A S U A L T Y B R A N C H M E M O R A N D U M N O . 48, 1944.

V.O . , A . O . O . F O R M NO. l i J U N E IM4

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Porta pretcr lbed by p t ro l le r Oeneral , U . S .

7 October 1944

W A R DEPARTMEn«Y T H E A D J U T A N T G E N E R A L ' S O F F I C E

W A S H I N G T O N 2 5 . D . C . . • i A * ~

347

FINDING OF DEATH OF MISSING PERSON mnt to the provisions of Section 5 of the Act of 7 March 1942 (Pubtic Ldd 490 77th J as amended, upon direction and delegation by The Secretary of kar. The Chief, i l ty Branch, The Adjutant General's Office, finds Technical Sergeant Glen 0. . man. Army Serial Nuinber 39,197,606, Air Corps, jrrieaJ. He was officially reported as missing in action as of the nth day July 194/,.. For the purposes stated in said Act, death is presumed to have oic-«f on the 12th day of July , 1945 .

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETART QP WJ

SUMMARY OF INFORMATION

ADJUTANT GENERAL CASUALTY BRANCH

n.nN6 JUMP u n or om Hit- OH DCTT A n n a

* STATUS STATUS DUTY CMOOCT rura HRITO

3 an Yes No Yes No 1EVICWS

RTH

r 1917

HOME ADDRESS

Seattle, Washington

DATC OF C N T r r ON C U M C K T

ACT I v E. S»V tCC

5 Jan 1943

L IKTH or I O V K I (A> or n

2 2LJ EMERGENCY ADDRESSEE

Vinifred Kimble Hardeman

ROATIONSHIP

Wife

ADDRESS

3024 4th Avenue, West Seattle, Washington

BENEFICIARIES . _

"inifred Kimble Hardeman

RELATIONSHIP

Wife

ADDRESS

3024 4th Avenue, West Seattle. Washington

.odgen Hardeman i Evans Hardeman

RELATIONSHIP

Father Mother

ADDRESS

- Route 2 P a c i f i c , Missouri

REMARKS . i

Distribution

.stances of disappearance: The bomber on which he was a crew member was lost ' on a bombing mission to Munich, Germany.

THIS FORM SUPERSEDES WD ASO FORM O M * . 1 NOVEMBER I t 4 4 . WHICH MAY BC USEO UNTIL EXISTING STOCKS ARE EXHAUSTED. .. TrT

J

• (

SENSITIV^SURFACE - HANDLE t^i tb UNLY

, WAR DEPARTMENT T H E A D J U T A N T G E N E R A L ' S O F F I C E

W A S H I N O T O N 25. D. C .

H Jul 49 pT

PLACE OF DEATH

Horth Sea

CAUSE OF DEATH

Killed In Aetion STATION OF DECEASED

Xnropaan Area

DATE OF ENTRY ON CURRENT ACTIVE SERVICE

5 Jan 1943

DATE OF DEATH

11 Jul 1944 LENGTH OF SERVICE FOR

PAY FURFOSES -YEARS MONTHS DAYS

I EMERGENCY ADDRESSEE (.Nanu, nlatimikip, and addrtu)

Mr.. Winifred K. Hardeman, wife, 3024 - 4th Arenue West. Seattle. Waehlngton

BENEFIQARY (Nam; niatimtSip, and addr—)

INVESTIGATION MADE

Mrr. Winifred K. Hardeman, wife, same afc ahove. Ql«n H HnriiemnTi. father, W e ?wr.U1r. "

RO

tR UNE OF DUTY

YES NO

OWN MISCONDUCT

3 B W B E DATA AND/OR STATEMENT

NO

w/S DECEASED ON DUTY STATUS

AUTHORIZED ABSENCE

YES

IN FLYING PAY STATUS

YES

BATTLE

mnt.hftr. eaua, OTHER PA? STATUS

YES HO

NOM-BATTLE

Tlndlng of death has heen Issued preriously under Section 5, Publie Lav 490, 7 March 1942. as amended, showing presmmed date of death aa 12 July 1946. Diis leport of Death based on Information received since that date Is Issued In accordance with Section 9 of said Act, and its effect on prior iayaents and settlements is as prescribed In Section 96

BT OETOE OF THR SRCRT'TAHT OF THE AEMT

ZSCSHBBEimBHBBBBCnia

A D R T A N T GENERAL

WD ASO FORM RO. 1 I I JUN IMS 1

EDITION OF 1 FEBRUARY IMS MAY BE USED,

M&M DEPARTMENT:OF THE ARMY T H E A D J U T A N T G E N E R A U ' S O F F I C E

W A S H I N G T O N 2 5 . D. C .

—BATTLE CASUALTY REPORT S A M E

HARDEMAN GI3N 0 ASN 39197606

G R A D E

T/SQT HUS

c - -tfiTE C A S . R E P O R T D E C E I V E D

MRS WINIFRED EIMBLE HARDEMAN 3024 4TH AVENUE WBST SEATTIE "HA SHINGTON

O

D A T E X E & e O W t M S E N T

VO

B I N D I V I D U A L N A M E D B E L O W O E S I O N A T E D T H E A B O V E P E R S O N A B T H E O N E T O B F N O T ' F ' E D ! N C A S E O F E M E R O E N C Y , A N D T H E O F F I C I A L T E L E A P H I C A N O . L E T T E R N O T I F I C A T I O N S W I L L B E B E N T T O T H I B P E R S O N T H E R E L A T I O N B H I P . i P A N Y . PS S H O W N B E L O W . !T S H O U L D B E N O T E O T H A T IB ffERSON ! » N O T N I C E j ^ g L ^ y < E X T - Q r - K I N OR R E L A T i v t O E S l O N . T t c ' C V E " A I O S IX * 0 ^ u B . » v a R A T U I T V FK C A S H D E A T H .

N A M E S E R I A L N U M B E R A R M O R S E R V I C E

R E P O R T I N G T H E A T R E

F O R J B T A T U B

R N l P M E N ' -N U M B E F

VARDEMAN, GLEN OO J AC • .• / :

K 19601 ?

T Y P E O F C A S U A L T Y P L A C E C A S U A L T Y D A " P E O F C A S U / k L T Y , 1 ~ A S U A L . T Y C O D S T Y P E O F C A S U A L T Y P L A C E C A S U A L T Y DAY MONTH YEAR

, 1 . T Y C O D S

'.ILLED 1N ACTION m NORTH SEA .11 JUL hh

, ;. •: <••• .8 :

AG 701; DEAD/3 3 JUL k9/ C O R R E C T E D C O P Y

DET UNIT APPROVED OIC, CA3 SEC PAB. KILLED WHEN PLANE - ORASHED<, FOD D PREV UNDER SEC .5 , PL ItfO. 7 MAR 1x2, AS AMENDED, SHOW JNG PRESUMED : -OF DEATH AS 12 JUL RPT OF DEATH I SSUED 3N ACCORD WB TH.SEC $ OF ACT AND ITS EFFECT ON PRIOR PAYMENT ST; AND SETTLEMENTS IS AS P R O V E D C 9 . STA AND PL OF DEATH ETC, • ' :

DDRESS AT TIME QF ENTRY;! SEATTIE KING COUNTf mSSINGTOH

r t of Death issued 28 J u l 49, por

SS IN ACCORD WITH PAR 2B, OPER BUL 35 , I j i i ) .

A C T I O N B Y C O M P O S I T E SECTlOfcU REPORT VERIFIED f ^ ^ H p o R M « —AO Z O l R E Q

C A S U A L T Y B R A N C H F I L E A T T A C H E D .

P R E V I O U S L Y R E P O R T E D N O

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Form pretcr lbed by Comptrol ler General , U . S .

7 October 1944

WAR 1 DEPARTMENT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE

WASHINGTON 25. O. C.

3^70

FINDING OF DEATH OF MISSING PERSON Pursuant to ttie provisions of Section 5 of the Act of 7 March 1942 (Public Lau 490 77th CongJ as amended, upon direction and delegation by The Secretary of Uar, The Chief, Casualty Branch, The Adjutant General's Off ice, finds Technical Sergeant Glen o. ... Hardeman Army Serial Nuinber 39,197,606, Air Corps, to be dead. He was officially reported as missing in action as of the llth day

v0/ July 194 A.. For the purposes stated in said Act, death is presumed to have oc­curred on the 12th day of July , 194$.

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£ BT ORDER OF THE SECRETART OP VJ

SUMMARY OF INFORMATION

ADJUTANT GENERAL CASUALTY BRANCH

AREA

European

UTIHO

Yes PREVIOUS REVIEWS

None

JUMP UHt V OWN Mtf. mum >»« STATUS POTK COMKICT STATVl

Ho Yes No . 1 n

Yes

DATE OF BIRTH

i 13 Mar 1917

HOME ADDRESS

Seattle. Washington

M T t OF fHTWi ON CUMMT JCTIVE stmnct

5 Jan 19A3

LENGTH Qf S U V I C I ( A l OF f l 0«T1 C F M A T H )

-tu«—I mi 2

EMERGENCY ADDRESSEE ,

NAME

Mrs. Winif red Kimble Hardeman

RELATIOMSHIP

Wife

ADDRESS

3024. 4th Avenue, West Sea t t l e , Washington

NAME

Mrs, Winif red Kimble Hardeman

BENEFICIARI RELATIONSHIP

Wife

ADDRESS

302^ 4th Avenue, West Sea t t l e , Washington

NAME

Glen Hodgen Hardeman

RELATIONSHIP

Father Mother

ADDRESS

Route 2 P a c i f i c . Missour i

REMARKS '

Circumstances of disappearance: The bomber on iriiich he was a crew member was lost on a bombing mission to Munich, Germany. .

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THIS FORM SUPERSEDES WD AGO FOBM 018S. 1 NOVEMBER 1»*4 . WHICH MAY BE USED UNTIL EXISTING STOCKS ARE EXHAUSTED. /

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6. An e W n n t i o x , of the f i l e s of those persons ^ C ^ ^ n

Branch O f f i c e r s Brnnch and | . l i s t e d Branch .GO, ™ \ ™ ^ t X o n o f

Prisoner of War Information ^ r . a u , . n G O , r . v vnluo to t h i s reviow othor than that set xcr tn . D O V O .

: f j - ' I I o „ CONCLUSIONS

1. ^ 3 0 o f f i c e r s ona o ^ t o a ^ n ^ ^ ^ ^ f C T o l

below:

a . Crew He. 1, eons ls t ing of ^ ^ ^ Z l l n T Ho^nJo-heerd fcon a f t e r they departed f r e n t h e i r beao to i ^ l e n d . ration Is ava l l eh le as to t h e i r f a t a .

III. - . IIHCOMMBHDATIOK

, j i.v,«+. •Ti-nr'in^s of death bo undo i n thc coses I t i s reconnended that fxndin^s c i uu.uii ^ a T^mT>h. 1.

Act , r.nd that the prosuned dato of death oc snown

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CONCUTJiED IN:

Oaptr.in, AGD

AirAOVED:

A/ JTB

JOHN T. BURNS Uajor, AGD Officer i n Charge Status Review and Dcternination Section

/ i / GFH

GEORGE F. HJR3ERT Colonel, AGD Chief, Casualty B: uiicr.

E X T R A C T C O P Y

' IW m " U . X I \ J o i u " tiw*«- — — — - - — v -

r e s u l t of eneny oction i n A i r c r a f t #41-29300 on 11 July 1944 and to this dato no additional Infornation has beenr eceived, * * *

d. On 2 January 1945 i n a l e t t e r te The Adjutant Goneral. Fred W, Hcrnon, fat er of F l i g h t Officer Hcrnan, w r i t e s :

"» * -aWo hove had sone runors picked of the sane organisation who have rd One was to thc ofrect thot his a i r p l to take i t s place i n fomation after the overcast iunodlatoly aftor take— ond was never seen or hoard frcn oft story was to thc effect that i t was Swiss border on thc return fron the

« *

up f o m nonbers turned on furlough, ano (a B-24) f o i l e d c l i n b i n g through

of f fron i t q base or that. Another l a s t soon over tho target.

oun

"Tho f a n i l y of ono of tho crow nonbers passed on to us tho story thot tho airplane was l a s t seen over the Swiss border 'and thoy believed that the boys landed i n . Switzerland. « * * *

o. A "Monorondun f o r the Casualty Branch, Tho Adjutant General-s O f f i c e , War Departnent", Subject: F l i g h t O f f i c e r Fred B, Hcman, T-2118, dated 25 Kay 1945 (Heman's AG 201 f i l e ) fron Assis tant Chief of Sta f f G-2 has attached te i t a digest of infomation received fron the father of F l i g h t Officer Heman, which reads as follows: .

"Mrs. Laurence Carey, Russian wife of Lnurenco Carey (fomcr Captain, Signal Corps, USA) on hor a r r i v a l i n the United States, recognized a photograph of F l i g h t O f f i c e r Homon and stated that she has seen h i n i n an Evacuation Hospital soncwhere i n A f r i c a (possibly Khartoun)) between February 20 and 28,^19^ Mrs.'Crroy at that tino was enroute tc tho Jni.ce buc via '.TC. Duo to her u n f a n i l i a r i t y w i t h tho Englxsh iDnguaee and thc geography of A f r i c a she i s unable d e f i n i t e l y to stato thrt thc Hospital was at Khart

"Mrs.' Carey states that she does not know why the boy was hospi t a l i z e d but though he did not know who he was or ronenber anything about h i s past.

v

«. m a "Menorandun For Assistant Chiof od S t a f f , G-2, dated 8 Juno 1945 (Heman's AG 201 f i l o ) The Adjutant Goneral r o p l i i n pertinent part:

»* The Surgeon General advises that thore are no* Evacuation Hospitals l o c k e d i n A f r i c a ; however, there are several Station Hospitals on that continent. Sinco F l i r h t O f f i c e r Homan bocane h i s s i n g m act. on while ovoi^ Gernany, i t i s belived that the person scon Mr " i r s . Cnroy was an in d i v i d u a l with f a c i a l characterise • t i c s resonbling those of Plig h t O f f i c e r Hcrnan.* « «'

fr. On 8 Juno 1945 a request was forwarded to tho Oonnr.vu Goneral United States Amy forces in the Middle East that the h; • ^ a ^ n A f r i c a he checked i n an ef f o r t to doternin. whether they any record concerning F l i g h t O f f i c e r Heman and t h r " V i q j L ^ -be furnished. A reply by l s t Indorse ent was received 19 June 19-.. which states:

i

MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Casualty Branch.

SUBJECT: Review and Deteminatien of Status under the Missing Persona Act.

I , « FACTS

1. The o f f i c e r s and enlisted nen naned below df the 8th A i r

purpose s « None

P Gibson, Sanuol N Anon, Harold CP Hcrnan, Fred B#

Olon Og

ASN

0795456 0698859 T002118

Grade Crov/ No.

oorgo BT BT Bair/Eugene A, L\7 Brewer, Honer C, TG Mott, Robert D, TT Pasnusson, Stanley G, PW Steele, Janes M«

33498514 15065248 38412820 36193532 37523322

F i r s t Lieutenant Second Lieutenant F l i g h t O f f i c e r

Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sta f f Sergeant S t a f f Sergeant Staff Sergeant

1 1 1 1 1

• . The above-naned persons were nenbrrs of the crew ^..^^"^f B 24 aircraft which ^ r ^ ^ ^ J ^ ^ ^ ^

S ^ S a S c d f o ^ L i p p e J x . a n i e s u r r o ^ d i n g the loss of each plane i given i n paragraphs 3 to 5 inc lus ive below.

3, Crow No. 1

n Missinp A i r Crew Report (AAF No. 6927), dated 13 J ^ - j I Q ^ states that the crew of B-24 H a i r c r a f t No. 41-29300 wore not. bers'of the 458th Bonb Group, 755th Bonb Squadron, The eircur.stanc e^tho loss ^ere not imown at tho tine the report was prepared. A l i s t of the crew nenbers follows:

Seo par 1.

b On 19 A n r i l 1945 a request f o r ny additional infornc

v/as (AG

nade i n °?h Indorsenont: datedVl Hay 1945, by unit h adquarter

19 Apr 45):

"No additional infomation has over boon obta^oa r garding disappoaranco of crew l ^ t o d i n baslx comu.;

cation, Ne eyo witness accounts could be obtained ,.; interrogation of other crews f l y i n g on sane n i s s i o n *

c. In r o - l y to inquiries fron the onergoncy addresses r. Mott, Hnrd^an, BrewL and Gibson (See AG 201 > f *° ^ ^ J . of eaot,thG following statenent was subnittod b y ^ t a o i ^ u n l t head quarters by 1st Wrapper Indorsenont, dated 7 S c p t ^ r 1944.

/ AU62 41948

IDENTIFICATION SECTION . tV/ . MEMORIAL DIVISION

> ^ ^.Vr ..> IDENTIFICATION DATA U S T NAME - FIRST NAME - MIDDIE IN ITIAL ' ARMT SERIAL NUMBER 5RADE

HEIGHT '

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WEIGHT COLOR EYES

^ £ 1

COLOR HAIR

LAST ORGANIZATION TO KHICH ATTACHED OR ASSIGNED f G i i ' « cowpJete d « » i « n a t i o n )

PLACE OF DEATH OR PLrCE LAST SEES IF MIA

SHOE 51 ZE

1/L

E OF DEATH

STATION •

Ll ST ALL CAMPS IN WHICH STATIONED IN U . S . PR 10 R TO S ER^I C E OVERSEAS, 4 l T H INCLUSIVE DATES AT EACH. /

DATES

% Kaas SHIM

FK ACTU RES AND/OR BREAKS TATTOOS AND/OR BIRTH MARKS

OEITAL CHART ^ ^

5 /•» 3 2 1 1 2 3 H

UPPER RIGHT

5 6 7 X

UPPER LEFT

16 15 "iyC 13 12 . 11 ic

LOWER RIGHT

X - EXTRACTED 0 - CARIOUS

9 io i i 12 13 m •^5 v^>:

/ - CARIOUS N0N^RE.STCRA3LE _ I

AoilAC FORM , oQ/-> (-indicate denturtt. britl f o r k , etc., i f oho on.) . .„-, . . ^ v ., -

LastNaSe First Name

Clinical Becords Branch

Tor disposition

The records show medical treatment as follows:

To spital From Begister Number

Branch

\ C 1-395 1-9-46

293 HLET. DATA ON REMAINS NOT YET RECOVHo OR IDENTIFIED -to^u^y

\ NAME (Lo**. Firti, Middle /n th 'a/ ) GRADE PRESENT SERIAL ^ , NUMBER

| ORGANIZATION 1 RACE / J "CREED FORMER SERIAL NUMBER (If applicable)

DATE OF DBA^H/MtA-

DATE OF FOD . -

CAUSE OF DEATH

P. C- 2)

PLACE OF DEATH OR-PLACE LAST SEEN IF MIA

^ V /h' J $ ' o " f 0

/'Hi SrlC* ' ~S / ; '' /

I HEIGHT WEIGHT COLOR EYES COLOR HAIR SHOE SIZE

j DENTAL CHART ^ ^ ' ^ ^ - ^ 2 .

UPPER RIGHT

8 7 5 4 3 2 1

UPPER LEFT

1 2 3 4 5 6

LOWER RIGHT

16 15 13 12 1 1 10 9

LOWER LEFT

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 )^

X=Extracted 0 = Carious 1=Carious Non-Restorable

FRACTURES AND/OR BREAKS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TATTOOS AND/OR BIRTHMARK

I 1 ^ '

'TtEr/. 37i J^--f ix-- ' : . . ^ t Js t - .

o. ». «ovi»«iiurr P«I«TI«5 orf ic i 19—488*5-1 DATE FORWARDED TO FIELD

HEADQUAHTEES AMSaiGAK SHAVES E3GISIHATI0N C0I#IA1TD

EUHQPEAIT ABEA APO 58 U S ABMY

EEE 293-9 (IB) 1 9 ^

SUBJECT: Non-recoverable Eemains

TO: ITon-recoveraole Board A&EC

1, I t i s recommended that the "board take act ion on the fo l lowing case:

NAKES: C-LBS ON, San T. l / L t 0-7951+56 H kiKMAffi j IV ed B. E/O 1-2118 AliON, Harold E, 2/Lt 0-698859 i^iAETY, George B, T/Sgt 39118992 HAEIM-IAN, Glen 0, T/Sgt 39197606 EASirJSSEN, Stan G. S/Sgt 36193532 BAIH, Eugene A, S/Sgt 33U985ii+ S " ^ l i i 7 1 , Jaines M, S/Sgt 37523322 BEZT.-iEE, Homer C, S/Sgt 15065246 MOTT, Eobert D. S/Sgt 38 Ul 28 33

OEGANIZATION: U58th Bh Gp 755th Bh Sq

PLACE OE I E A T H I Information not avai lable

BATE OE DEATH: 11 July 1 9 ^

SYNOPSIS OE CASE: The ahove comprised the entire crev/ of A/C #41-29300, which, on 11 Ju ly 1944, pa r t i c ipa ted on a mission to i iunich, Germany. Subject a i r c r a f t f a i l e d to take i t s place i n formation a f t e r climhing through the overcast immediately a f t e r take o f f from i t s "base and was never seen or heard from again. The planned course of f l i g h t f o r t h i s a i r c r a f t was over the North Sea. im extensive f i e l d inves t iga t ion conducted from the Channel to the target 'area, .Munich, Germany, f a i l e d to reveal a single clue as to the crashpoint of the subject a i r c r a f t . In view of the ahove and the t ine tliat has elapsed since the-missing f l i e r s have neither been seen nor heard f r o n , i t can be concluded that A/C ff4l-29300 crashed -into the sea a f t e r take o f f and a l l crev; members l o s t as a res-alt,

» Heferenoe i s made to liACE E- #452.

2. . A l l attached supporting documents are copied from records i n f i l e Headquarters, American Graves Hegistration Connand.

3, Every effort has teen made to correlate this case with records in this headquarters pertaining to unknowns deceaser1 interred in TJ S Military cemeteries anck reported isolated hurials. The results'are negative,

U. - .It. is recommended that the remains, "based upon the ahove infonnation and research, he declarod non-recoverahle.

WALTER B» MOEROW Jfejor,' ' Infantry Chief Isolated Burials

» *

E X T R A C T MISSING AIR CHEW REPORT NO. G #+52

AAE 123 1, ORGANIZATION: Location^ Group AAE k^Eth _^ . _

2. SPECIEI: Point of Deoart-are AAE 123 ; Course Squadron 755th

Command or A i r Eorce_ • Detachment

gth

105 c;o

Type of Mission_ Coiahat Intended Destination Munich . WEATHER CONDITIONS AND VIS IHILITY AT TIME OE CEASE OR WEEN LAST REPORTED

4. GIVE: Ca) Da ^ loca t ion

11 Vnnth J u l ^ ^ : Year 1944 j Time none and

xocation none — -• , -u T>^-J (h) Specify whether; ( ) Last Sighted; ( ) Last Contacted hy Raaio; ( ) Eorced Down; ( ) Seen to Crash; or U ) Information not A v a i l a h l e .

AIRGHAET WAS LOST, OR IS HELIEVED TO HAVS BEEN LOST, AS A RESULT OE: (Check only one) ( ) Enemy A i r c r a f t ; ( ) Enemy A n t i - A i r c r a f t ; ( ) Other Circumstances as fol lows Unknown ^ . .

of l a s t known whereabouts of missing a i r c r a f t .

AIRCEAET: Type, Model and Series A i r c r a f t Nickname

H-24H AA? Se r i a l Number_

7. ENGINES: Type, Model and Series, (h) cp-302113 ; (c)-

1830-43 ; AAF Ser i a l Number (a) GP-30730r CP-:307bl7 ; (d). CP-^06467

S 0 INSTALLED WEAPONS CEurnish Make, Type and Ser ia l Numoer): (a) (e) ( i )

952191 951522

q THB^ERSONS^LISTSD BSLOl/ WEHE' EEPORTED AS: (a) Bat t le Casualty ^* or (b) Non Ba t t l e Casualty

10. NUMHER OE PERSONS ABOARD AIRCRAET: Crew 10 _; Passengers

(b) ( f ) ( j )

9 7 ^ 73407^ 974436

(c) Ce). (k)

965624 973342

(d) (h)"

CD.

963755 213223

Total 10

(Star t ing with p i l o t , f u r n i s h the fo l lowing pa r t i cu l a r s : I f more than 10 persons were aboard a i r c r a f t , l i s t s imi lar p a r t i c u l a r s on separate sheet and attach o r i g i n a l to this form).

CREW POSITION

P i l o t

NAME IN EULL (Last Name E i r s t ) BANE

SERIAL NUMBER

PRESENT STATUS

CP IT B RO

1, 2. 3. 4, 5. 6, 7._ 2, RW 9.

10,

GIBSON, Samuel T.

HEBMABV Ered B.

1st L t 0-7954^6 PDD

17o" T-2118 PDD

AH ON, Harold S. MARTY, George B.

2nd L t

"rTsgt 0-698859 PDD

PDD

TT EARIIEMAi:, Glen 0. EASMUSSSNj Stanley G.

BT BAIR, Eugene A.

39118992 T/Set 39197bOb S/Sgt 36193532

PDD PLD

^^4qs Fii4 PDD

STLELB, James M,

LW Homer C.

TG MOTT, Robert D.

S/Sgt S/Sgt 37523322 S/Sgt 1^065248

PDD PDD

S/Sgt ^8412820 PDD

11, REMARKS:

C O P Y

AG 70A - Dead (12 J u l 45) S. R, & D No. 3470

12 July 1945

MEUORANDIM FOR: Chief Casualty Branch

SUBJECT: Review and Determination of Statua under the Missing Persons Act.

I. - FACTS

1. The officers and enlisted men named below of the 8th A i r Force were reported missing i n action i n flying pay status i n Germany by ETO Shipment No, 132 and have been carried on War Department records as missing i n action since 11 July 1944. The crew number i n the right hand column has been assigned ar­b i t r a r i l y for reference purposes.

NAUE

Gibson, Samuel Amon, Harold E, Herman, Fred B. Hardeman, Glen 0, Marty, George B, Bair, Eugene A, Brewer, Homer C, Mott, Robert D. Rasmussen, Stanley G, Steele, James U.

ASN GRADE CREW NO.

0- 795 456 F i r s t Lieutenant 1 0- 698 859 Second Lieutenant 1 T- 002 118 Flight Officer 1 39 197 606 Technical Sergeant 1 39 118 992 Technical Sergeant 1 33 498 514 Staff Sergeant 1 15 065 248 Staff Sergeant 1 38 412 820 Staff Sergeant 1 36 193 532 Staff Sergeant 1 37 523 322 Staff Sergeant 1

2, The above-named persons were members of the crews of three B-24 typo aircraft which were lost on a bombing mission to Munich, Germany, on 11 July 1944. A l l available information concerning the circumstances of disappearance surrounding the loss of each plane i s given i n paragraphs 3 to 5 inclusive below.

3, Crew No. 1.

a. Missing Air Crew Report (AAF No. 692?) dated 13 July 19A4, states that the crew of B-24H aircraft No. 41-29300 were members of the 458th Bomb Group, 755th Bomb Squadron. The circumstances of the loss were not known at the time the report was prepared. A l i s t of the crew members follows:

Crew Position NAME

Gibson, Samuel T,

ASN

0- 795 456

GRADE

Fi r s t Lieutenant

AG 704 - Dead (12 Ju l 45) S. R. & D. Uo. 3470

C O P Y

Crew Position NAME

CP Herman, Fred B. N Amon, Harold E . B Marty, George B, RO Hardeman, Glen 0. TT Rasmussen, Stanley G, BT Bair, Eugene A. RW Steele, James M. LW Brewer, Homer C. TG N Mott, Robert D.

ASN

T-002 0-698 39 118 39 36 33 37 15 38

197 193 498 523 065

118 859 992 606 532 514 322 248

412 820

GRADE

Flight Officer Second Lieutenant Technical Sergeant Technical Sergeant Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant

request for any additional information then to Commanding General, USF, European Theater of Operations, The reply to this was received by 7th Indorsement, dated the following statement was made i n 4th Indorsement, dated headquarters (AG 704 19 Apr 45):

m b # < On 19 April 1945 a

available was sent from this office. 11 May 1945, which 4 May 1945 by unit

"No additional information has been obtained regarding disappear­ance of crew l i s t e d i n basic communication. Nb eye witness accounts could be obtained from interrogation of other crews flying on same mission.1'

c. In reply to inquiries from the emergency addresses of Mott, Hardeman, Brewer and Gibson (See AG 201 f i l e s ) as to the status of each,, the following state­ment was submitted by their unit headquarters by 1st Wrapper Indorsement, dated 7 September 1944:

* » * and crew went down over enemy territory as a result of enemy action i n Aircraft #41-29300 on 11 July 1944 and to this date no additional information has been received * * * "

d. On 2 January 1945 i n a letter to the Adjutant General, Fred W. Herman, father of Flight Officer Herman, writes:

" * * • Tfe have had some rumors picked up from members of the same organization who have returned on furlough* One was to the effect that his airplane (a B-24) failed to take i t s place in formation after climbing through the overcast immediately after take off from i t s base and was never seen or heard from after that. Anothar story was to the effect that i t was last seen over the Swiss border on the return from the target.

"The family of one of the crew members passed on to us the story that the airplane was last seen over the Swiss border and they believe that the boys landed i n Switzerland. * * *

C O P Y S. B. & D. No. 3470

e. A "Memorandum for the Casualty Branch, The Adjutant General's Office, War Department", Subject: Flight Officer Fred B. Herman, T-.002 118 dated 25 May 1945 (Herman's AG 201 File) from Assistant Chief of Staff G-2 has attLh^d to i t a digest of information received from the father of Flxght Officer Herman, which reads as follows:

"Mrs. Laurence Carey, Russian wife of Laurence Carey (former Captain, Signal Corps USA) on her arrival i n the Dnited States recognized a photograph of Flight Officer Herman and stated that she had seen him i n an Evacuation Hospital somewhere i n Africa (possibly Khartoum) between February 20 and 28, 1945. Mrs. Carey at that time was enroute to the United States via ATC. Due to her unfamiliarity with the English language and the geography of Africa she i s unable definitely to state that the Hospital was at Khartoum.

"Mrs. Carey states that she does not know why the boy was hos­pitalized but thought he did not know who he was or remember anything about his past."

f In a "Memorandum For Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 dated 8 June 1945 (Herman's AG 201 f i l e ) The Adjutant General replied i n pertinent part:

"3. The Surgeon General advises that there are no Evac­uation Hospital located i n Africa; however, there are several Station Hospitals on that continent. Since Flight Officer Herman became missing i n action while over Germany i t i s believed that the person seen by Mrs. Carey was an individual with f a c i a l characteristics resembling those of Flight Officer Herman. * * * "

g On 8 June 1945 a request was forwarded to the Gommanding General United States Army Forces i n the Middle East that the hospitals in Africa be checked i n an effort to determine whether they have any re­cord concerning Flight Officer Herman and that a f u l l report be furnished. A reply by 1st Indorsement was received 19 June 1945 which states:

"A thorough search has been made of a l l hospitals now operating within this theater and no record has been found of Flight Officer Fred B. Herman, T-002-118, ever having been hospitalized i n this theater."

S. R. & D. No. 3; C O P Y

I I . - CONCLUSIONS

1. These officers and enlisted men were members of a crew of a B-24 bomber which took part i n a bombing mission to Munich, Germany, on 11 July 19U.

a. Crew No, 1, consisting of ten members, was not seen or heard from after they departed from their base i n England. No information i s available as to their fate.

I I I . - RECOMMENDATION

It i s recommended that findings of death be made i n the cases of the officers and enlisted men named i n Part I, paragraph 1, above, under the provisions of Section 5 of the Missing Persons Act and that the presumed date of death be shown as 12 July 1945.

Investigator Captain AGD

CONCURRED IN: APPROVED:

JOHN TO BURNS Major, AGD Officer i n Charge Status Review and Determination Section

GEORGE F. HERBERT Colonel, AGD Chief, Casualty Branch

Fry, P h i l l i p A., First Lieutenant

0742416, et a l .

HEJUDQUARTERs' x'r \ < ' " ' ^ ^ 1 AMERICAI GRAVED EEGISTRATION' OOiiAHD *' ^ 1 ' ' '

. . . . -~ . EUROPEAN AREA !r • - _ •* e - .. - . % ^

• .r- • . .. .. . , t.i '.>••.-• •• ... • . .•. t.. . • '•

• BAG 300.4

• SPECIAL ORDERS :"

NUMBER 33

22 Mar 48 '

1. Under the p r o v i s o s of AR 615-363, U May 47 and AR 420-5, the follbwing Board-of officers i s appointed to meet a ^ L ^ f ' Belgium or at such other place as the president may desxgnate at the c a l l of the president thereof/for the purpose of considering whethe* such EM as Z H e brought before i t should be discharged prior to the expiration S their t S n of service. Proceedings of the Board w i l l be in conformity with AR 420-5. Findings and recommendations w i l l be forwarded to the Commanding General, and entered on ED AGO Form 37.

LTXOL MAJ MAJ CAPT 1ST LT 1ST LT

PARK W. BAILEY DAVID iilNS, JR JOHa W. LONG THOMAS C HAIDEN ALVIN C. BECK ROBERT VANINA

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INF

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2. Par 3 and 4, SO 6, this hq, 14 Jan 48 ;*)ertainin^to appointment of Board of Review for identification of Unknovm Dead (European Area), are rescinded.

3 Pi C l t r WD 9 Apr 47, subj "Establishment or-BoardsN for v (> identification of Unknown Dead", the f o l off, this hq, are aptd a Board of Reviev; for identification of Unknovm Dead (European Area) r ^ .

LT COL MAJ MAJ CAPT 1ST LT

PATRICK V,. GUIHEI 019066 QHC GEORGE M VER HULST A0650035 MARSHALL J. BLACKMON 0277013 TNF JACK C HAYES 01577297 WC JOSEPH E McCLUSKEY 01338110 INF

4. PAC l t r V.D 9 Apr 47, Subj: "Establishment of Boards for identification of Unknovm Dead", the f o l off, this hq, are aptd a Board of Review for non-recoverability of remains (European Area):

LT COL MAJ MAJ CAPT 1ST LT

EDViARD D. LIULVANTY 0359598 GRO S VEN OR Vi'. FISH 042932 FRANCIS P SV.EENEY 03 **85 OWEN F ticCANN 01595680 GEORGE L. FREEMAN 0159551

QMC

INf INF WMC

BSi'

5. VOCG 6 Jan 48 auth CAPT GORDON . iJXlEHLLaN 0479536 CHC to , • . ^ - v-t v l f r Second Zone, AGRC, APQ 58, Carentan, France, to F i r s t Zone, AGRC, APO 58, Liege, Belgium, by TPA are confirmed, the exigencies o f the service having been such as to prevent the issuance of orders i n . advance,

iiUTR: Sec I , C i r 157, Hq U3FST, 23 Oct 46 k C i r 28, Hq EUCOU, 9 May 47.

BY COLS-uJJD OF B R I G A D I E H GENER.X PECKHJi: ,

OFFICI / i :

C^RL W. RECUSE Colone l , QUC Chief o f S t a f f

/ s / t / FRANK FRJTCXS Major , - AGD Asst Adj Gen

DISTRIBUTION "A" & "B" p lus :

Ea Uni t c o n v e r n e d . , , , 4 Ea Indiv concerned,-,, , , 4 P & A D i v , , 1 0 P & rt Div E U C O M . 1 iiG EUCOM,, t • • • . • • • « • • t ,« 1

A CERTIFIED TRUE COPY:

HILIXaS R, DeWEESE 1st Lt. Q!£

•*P v.-

' . : _ , ' v - - •

Proceedings of a Board of O f f i c e r s appointed i n eccordance with ^ ^ p p i l e t t e r F i l e A ^ O - - S 295.? (27 «a r U j ) , D-M, % r Dept, T^&O. 9 ^ p r i l 1947.

Tht hoaro convened Tjarffliaat to par 4, SO Fo. 33. Headquarter a, , AJUerican Graven Htfistration-Cormand, ^ 0 5S,^TJ S A i s y , 22 Mrrch 194S, at . the A s t o r i a Hote l , Paris., Trance on ,' " 2 AUG. 1S48 The puroose of the hoard was to deternine.the nnn-recoverahi l i ty status, of cer ta in casual t ies now under the J u r i s d i c t i o n of th i s connajid.

/ • The hoard .reviewed report bf . invest igat ion, statements of w i t ­nesses and other papers contained i n the f i l e s of American Graves Hegis­t ra t ion Command, EA", per ta ining to the case of the . fol lowing named casu- 1

a l ty /qasoa l t i e s , • the regains of vbich hpve not heen recovered. The .case records, and other data considered are attached.

OaSD ITC, ^ TAIS

GIBSON, Sam T 'm •• HERMAN, Ered B. JtHffit,' HP r o l d E, MAHTT, George B,

Glen 0, RAS lTJS5EN^

Stan G, BAIR, Eugene A . STEELE, James M, BBEWSE, Homer C. MOTT, ) Rohert D,

ASN

0-795456

0-692259 3911S992

35193532 33498514 37523322

. 1506524s 38412820

GRADE

, l / L t I/O

' 2/Lt . ;

".T/Sgt

—ifm S/Sgt S/Sgt ' S/Sgt S/Sgt

FINDINGS; The board havinf c a r e f u l l y considered-the ^videnct before i t , f inds the renains of said casual ty/casual t ies are non-recoverable.

gEGOl-J-QTDATIOF; That the case concerning subject caaual ty/casual t ies be forwarded to the Of f i ce of The Quartermaster General f r r f i n a l ^ approval.

:\:MH*SI D. IXJiTaNITY, h% C o l , ^ C

F%?GIS P, y O T S Y , U a j , Inf

G i o s T ^ - o p . F I S H , KaJ, Qi-C

%, MCCAIW, Ca- t, Ql'C

RIG Ecrn ?r27 2 A-oril 19 4«

MEMORIALIZAT ION OF N ON-RECOVERABLE REMAINS OF WORLD WAR I I

THIS FILE HAS BEEN AUDITED FOR NON-RECOVERABILITY

NAME (L'st. Firat, Middle)

UAEX2£ItlML GlLEM. di RANK •

r 5&

S E R I A L NUMBER

21 '1? ARM OF S E R V I C E

A

4J DATE OF OCATH

11 July 44

AREA OF DEATH

* Horth Sea

NAME OF AUDITOR

NAME OF REVIEWER

— • i ~~ -— r • • 1

DATE

DATE

REMARKS

• Subject decedent and nine (9) others loat Korth Sea enroute to Munich

Germany 11 July 44. Purpose mencrialization area death North Sea-Code 68

OQHG FORM | Q K | 23 AUG 50 '

U . S. GOVERNMENT PRINTINO O r F I C E ; 1950 O - 9H195

n Tr NON-RECOVERABLE REMAINS REEXAMINATION OF RECORDS

AREA OF DEATH

North Sea

CASE NUMBER

NAME (Latt, Firtt. Middle I n i t i a l )

HARDEMAN, GlenO. RANK

T/Sgt. SER IAL NUMBER

39 197 606 IN THE COURSE OF THIS REEXAMINATION IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OEATH WERE SUCH THAT: (Check appropr iate box)

q ^ T H E REMAINS OF THE DECEDENT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN RECOVERED

| 1 THE REMAINS OF THE DECEDENT COULD HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. HOWEVER, AFTER REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT EVIDENCE DOES NOT EXIST TO CONTRADICT A FINDING OF NON-RECOVERABILITY:

1. 293 FILE OF DECEDENT

INITIALS OF ANALYST

2. GEOGRAPHICAL CLUE INDEX FILE OF UNKNOWNS RECOVEREO^FROM APPROPRIATE AREA, COMPARED WITH DECEDENT /

3 . OTHER DOCUMENTS OR SOURCES

REMARKS

RECOMMEND APPROVAL APPROVED

NAME OF CASE ANALYST CASE REVIEWER, FINAL DETERMINA­TION SECTION

CHIEF, FINAL DETERMINATION SEC­TION \

DATE

OOMG FORM |g57 22 SEP 50 ' ^

u. s. coVEiwMEWt PHnrrmo orriCE i mo o - MS710

51 Are if Death ~

North Sea

NON-RECQ^EABLE REMAINS REEXAMINATION OF ^ O R D S ~A •• •— " " •i 'Case Number

, i a t , F i r s t , Middle I n i t i a l )

HARDEMAN) Glen 0 .

Rank

T/Sgt.

jSerial Number 39 197 606

In the course of t h i s reexamination i t has been determined that the circumstances of death were such t ha t j (Check appropriate box)

j J ^ T h e renains of the decedent oould not have been recovered

I n The remains of the decedent could have boen recovered. Howevor, a f t e r review L y of t C f o l l o w i n g i t h^s boen determined that evidence dpes pot exxst to con­

t r a d i c t a f i n d i n g of non-recoverabi l i ty j

INITIALS OF. ANALYST

REG OT MSSQ APPRO V/d. Namo of Case Analyst jCaso Reviewer, F i n a l

Determination Section

APPROVED Chief, Final Detcrmina-

ROBERT Q0 LAS.

Date

NOV 2 4 \950

OQMG Form 22 Sep 50 i y t ) '

M a j r r , QMC

' ' rTL/sap/lCeVO/10505

AG 704 IEAD (13 J u l 49) 13 July 1949

MSMOEAiHUM TO: O f f i c e r i n Charge, Casualty Section Personnel Actions Branch, AGO

SUBJUCT: Reports of Death

1. The following-named personnel of the A i r Corps v/ere reported miss-i n g h i n action on 11 July 1944, while i n f l y i n g pay status, oy STO Shipment Ho. 132, and, under the provisions of Section 5, Pub l i c Lavr 490, 7 i.arch 1942, as amended, a Finding of Death was made i n the i r cases CSB&D 3470}, shov/ing the presumed date of. death as 12 July 1945:

1st L t Samuel T. Gibson 0795456 P i l o t Fit 0 Fred B. Herman T002118 Co-pilot-

sgt OIOT o sataaaB •fflims to. j Sgt Stanley £ Rasmussen 35193532 Top Turret Gnr S Sgt Hugene A. B a i r 33498514 B a l l Turret Gnr S Sgt James M, Steele 37523322 Right Waist Gnr

2d Lt Harold D. ^non 0698859 Haarijator T Sgt George B . Harty 39118992 Bombardier ^ j ? * j SxH.. Olen 0. Hardeman aaiaZfiQfi p^1iT W '^"•f • S

r • : S Sgt Homer C. Brewer 15065248 Le f t Waist Gnr S Sgt Robert D. Mott 38412820 C a l l Gnr

2. Hi s s ing A i r Crew Report Ho, 6927, submitted by 755th Bombardment Souadrcn, 458th Bombardment Group, reported that the t h r e e ° f f i c ; " 3 1 1 ( 1

seven en l i s ted men. l i s t e d ahove, v/ere the complete crev/ of a B-2-E (Liberator) type a i r c r a f t . AAP S e r i a l No. 41-29300, which was on a comoat mission on 11 Ju ly 1944, to Munich, Germany, when the c ra f t disappeared completely. This crew departed from AAF Station No. 123 (norsham, St J a i t h , i lorfa l lc , England) and were never heard from again.

On 19 i w r i l 1945 a reouest f e r any addi t ional information vras sent to thc Commanding General, USF, Suropean Theater of Operations. She fol lovring negative report v/as furnished:

"No addi t ional information has ever been obtained regarding disappearance of crev l i s t e d . i n basic communication. No eye v/itness accounts could be ohtained from interrogat ion o other crews f l y i n g on same miss ion ."

Captured German records have been ca re fu l ly searched, but these records do not contain any information regarding thc subject c r a f t or i t s crev/.

3. A co^y of a report made by a Board of Of f i ce r s . American Graves Regis t ra t ion Command, Buropean Theater Area, which convened on 2 juigust

FILE JUL 221949

Capt., QMC

AG 704 1EAD (13 J u l 49) . 1 0 5 0 5

1948. has heen received, recommending that the remains of the subject o f f i c e r s and Unlis ted men named i n paragraph 1 were non-recoverahle The recommendation was ap-oroved hy the O f f i c e of The quartermaster General. The fo l lowing pertinent f ac t s have oeen extracted from th i s report:

"3, Every e f f o r t has heen made to correlate t h i s case vdth records i n th i s headcuarters per ta in ing to unknowns deceased interred i n U S M i l i t a r y ceme­te r i e s and reported i so la ted b u r i a l s . The resu l t s are negat ive ."

A On 11 July 1944, a 3-24H with a era" of ten memhers departed from Horsham, St Fa i th , " Ho r f o i k , England on a combat mission to ^ c h . ! l c T m ^ ' i . . The nlane d id not j o i n the formation and was never seen nor heard from a f t e r i t l e f t " tto base, which was l ess than twenty miles from the coast of the -Torth Sea. The course of f l i g h t f o r the mission would have car r ied the crew over the Horth Sea. An extensive f i e l d invest igat ion was conducted from England to the target area, Munich, Germany, but no trace was found of ei ther the plane or the members of the crow. The Germans recorded the downing of any a l l i e d -olanes and l i s t e d the names of thc ..-ew members, when ava i l ao l c . A thorou^i search of these csptured German records has heen made, but no record was found of the subject c r a f t , or thfi names of any of the memocrs of thc crew. Thc plane d id not crash i n England. Therefore, the plane must have either crashed or landed in the Horth Sea. The Horth Sea, over which the plane would have flown on th i s mission, i s quite rough with strong currents; the water i s also quite cold throughout the year. Therefore, while no de ta i l s of thc actual crash of thc piano are ava i l ab l e , the known facta loaft to no other l o g i c a l conclusion than that i t went down witn i t s entire crew into the Horth Sea, Search could not bo conducted f o r the crew, since thc a^roximatc area where they were los t was unknovm. Even i f any ox tne crew members had time to b a i l out of the c ra f t or wore 'thrown c lear , tney could not have survived any length of timo i n thc very rough, cold waters and strong currents p r e v a i l i n g on th is route. In view of the foregoing fac t s together vdth the f a c t that the crev; were not rescued by tno a l l i e d forces , and there was no record of the i r Eseue or capture by the Germans, thc only l o g i c a l conclusion wliich cam he reached i s that the entire crew of the subject plane perished when the i r plane crashed i n thc Horth Sea on 11 July 1944.

5. I t i s recommended, therefore, that pursuant to the provis ions of Section 9, Miss ing Persons Act, the foregoing information ^ ^ J ^ * ! 4 * ' an o f f i c i a l report of death, and that a casualty report be i n i t i a t e d s tat ing that thc o f f i c e r s and en l i s t ed men named i n paragraph 1 above, "0X0 m i o d i n action when the i r -olame crashed in the Horth Sea on 11 Ju ly 1944; .and that

AG 704- IEAD (13 J u l 49) 10505

they were i n f l y i n g pay status at thc time of t ho i r death, The systemat w i l l he processed i n accordance vdth Paragraph 2h, 0pora,tions B u l l e t i n 35, 1945. The casualty report and o f f i c i a l report of death w i l l include the fo l lowing statement':

Pinding of Death has oeen issued previously under Section 5, P u o l i c Law 490, 7 March 1942, as amended, showing pre­sumed date of death as 12 July 19454 This "Report of Death" i s issued i n accordance v/ith Section 9 of said Act and i t s e f f e c t on p r i o r payments and settlements i s as provided i n Section 9,

S ta t ion and placo of death: European Theater

if

FLORA E, LSMIS COHOJR: y, ~ Investigator ^ / .

2. J. COLIUH Kajor, AGD

OIC, Determination Unit

APPROVED: Recommended action w i l l he talren BY ORDER OF TES SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

• / —->

' / -c" V'^ , ~— SYLVIO L . 30USCJoTIlT ,

/ / Lt Col , AGD OIC, Casualty Section Personnel Actions Branch, AGO

Copy Fumished: Central F i l e s AG 201 and OQI'IG 293 f i l e of each i n d i v i d u a l named i n par 1.

Source material ohtained as a resul t of t h i s inves t iga t ion i s f i l e d i n the AG 201 f i l e of 1st Lt Samuel T. Gihson, 0795456, unless othcrv/ise indicated.

men? 293 Hardeman, Qlen 0,

; IS June 19U9

l i ra . Winifred K. Hardeman 302U Uth Avenue, T?est Seattle, Tfaahington

Dear Ura. Hardeman:

Almost four years have elapsed since thc cessation of host i­l i t i e s of Torld War I I , which cost the l i f e of your husband, the late Technical Serjeant Olen 0. Hardeman.

Ihe unfortunate circuoatancea surrounding the d©»th of your husband iiave bee thoroughly revierod and, based upon information presently available, the Department Of the Array has bnjen forced to determine that his renains are not recoverable. I Wiqh to assure you tha-., should any additional evidence come to our attention i n ­dicating thot his retrains are in our possession, yoU w i l l be i n ­formed immediately.

RoaXizing tho extent of your - r i e f ana anxiety, U is not easy to express condolence to you who cave your loved on stances so d i f f i c u l t that there is no . rave at whic

i under circum-5 to pay homage.

liay the knowledge of your husbanc's honorable seryipe to his country be a source of sustaining comfort to you. 1 \ •

1 !

Sincerely yourju, :

JAIIES ?. SUITO Uajor, QMC Ilemorial Division

ma

JFS

Ml/I

CORRtSPOHOENCE ACTION SHEET

PREVIOUS BURIAL LOCATION (CamtiTy and Comtry)

PRESENT BURIAL LOCATION (Camatary and Coantry)

PLOT

PLOT

ROW

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GRAVE

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(T) n 3 rn

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MR. MISS

MRS. ' . . in i f ' rRd ... r.^raeman RELATIONSHIP

ADDRESS fStr«.t. City, Stato)

3024 4th Avenue, '.Vest aeattls, Viash.

PARAGRAPHS (Saquanca)

ADDITIONAL DATA MOD ITl CATIONS

U O A

1103

HOC

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A M A L Y ^ ^ ^ M j l A L S AND DATE TYPIST INITIALS REVIEWER INITIALS AND DATE

OOMG FORM 1902 REV 17 JUN <\9

48 11072

NON-RECOVERABLE CASE RECORD OF REVIEW ANO APPROVAL

C/ NUMBER

6286 (10) AREA OR ZONE'S '

EUROPEAN |NAME (Lamt, Firtt. Middla Initial)

HARDEMAN. Glen 0.

RANK

T/Sgt.

SERIAL NUMBER

33 197 6n6 THE ATTACHED PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIELD BOARD OF REVIEW HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND THE FINDINGS OF NOK-RECOVERABILITY OF THE REMAINS OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIOUALIS) ARE APPROVED. _(Corractian. in nama. rank, and/or ••rial nambar hara baan affee tad whan appropriate. )

GIBSON, Samuel T. l/Lt. 0- 795 A56 HERMAN, Fred B. F/0 T- QQ2 118 AiiON, Harold E. 2/Lt. 0- 698 859 MABTI, George B. T/Sgt. 39 118 992 HARDEMAN, Glen 0. T/Sgt. 39 197 606 RASMUSSEN,Stanley G. S/Sgt. 36 193 532 BAIR, Eugene A. 3/3gt. 33 498 5U STEELE, Jaines U. S/Sgt. 37 523 322 BBEREB, Homer C. S/Sgt. 15 065 248 MOTT, Robert D. S/Sgt. 38 412 820

IN THE COURSE OF THIS REVIEW THE FOLLOWING SOURCES OF INFORMATION HAVE BEEN EXAMINED FOR ADDITIONAL CLUES. COP JF ANY DOCUMENTS BELIEVED MATERIAL TO THE CASE ARE ATTACHED FOLLOWING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIELD BOARD OF REV

COPIES IEW

l l . 293 FILE OF SUBJECT(s) DECEASED

INITIALS OF ANALYST ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF" "BELIEVED tt. TO BE" AND TENTATIVELY IDENTI­

FIED UNKNOWNS

INITIALS OF ANALYST

l l . 293 FILE OF SUBJECT(s) DECEASED ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF" "BELIEVED

tt. TO BE" AND TENTATIVELY IDENTI­FIED UNKNOWNS ML

j (CROSS OUT THOSE NOT APPLICABLE) 1- a. RCPORT'OF DC^TII 1 b. Fl NOI NG OF DEATH i C. STATUS REVIEW i DETERMINATION Ml

, ALPHABETICAL FILE OF FORMER UN-KNOWNS NOW IDENTIFIED 11.

i A - Z FILE Of KNOWN INTERMENTS IN \3- U.S. MILITARY CEMETERIES. ISOLATED I LOCATIONS, AND SEA BURIALS ki-

, OTHER DOCUMENTS OR SOURCES OF t )" INFORMATION ENUMERATED BELOW

a. Geographical clue index file of unknowna from pertinent area. b. Missing Air Crew Heport.

THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY AS PRESENTED IN THE ATTACHED PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIELD BOARD OF REVIEW, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:

Hone

{NAME OF CASE ANALYST

GLADICH aftJOKS CASE TO BE FORWARDED TOBcpatriation Branch, Correspondence Sec. FOR CONSIDERATION OF NOTIFICATION TO INTERESTED PARTIES-

RECOMMEND APPROVAL CASE REVIEWER, FINAL DETERMINA­TION SECTIJ

CHIEF, Fj NAL DENOMINATION SEC-T ION

Capt QMC

APPROVED CHIEF, IDENTIFICATION BRANCH

T.H.METZ. Lt C o l QMC

OQMG FORM I Q I Q 18 AP R W

49 8401