- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- 82nd Airborne Division
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Years of Service
- 1942 – 1945
- Date of Birth
- 12/12/1918
- Date of Death
- 01/30/2012
- Hometown
- Darby, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal; American Campaign Medal (American Theater Ribbon); European-African-Middle Eastern Ribbon with two bronze campaign stars; Distinguished Unit Citation; Marksmanship Badge (rifle); Glider Badge
- Burial Location
- Darby Twp: St. John's Lutheran
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section B
- Overseas Service
- Rhineland, Normandy
- Township (entering service)
- Darby
- Township (current / at death)
- Darby
- Church
- St. John's Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Prisoner of War
- When
- 09/30/1944
- Where
- Germany
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: Rhineland, Normandy. Church: St. John's Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio. School: UNKNOWN. Serial #35290915; enlisted 03/24/1942, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, Ohio; served 1 year, 8 months, 42 days of foreign service, departing for European Theater of Operations on 09/05/1943, returning to USA on 05/28/1945; military occupational specialty, Military Policeman 677; served as glider infantryman, gliding over enemy lines in D-Day invasion, Normandy; wounded in action, 06/09/1944, France; captured in Holland, 09/30/1944; imprisoned at Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11); discharged from SCU Prisoner of War Camp, 10/05/1945, Camp Perry, Ohio; POW NOTE: discharge lists name as Blumenschein, Harman M., DOB 12/12/1912; HEROES entry lists service start date as 08/01/1943, age 22, DOB 1921; DOB of 12/12/1918 confirmed via church records
Source: Veterans Service Office; National Archives; HEROES FROM THE HEARTLAND (Claudia Robinson Bartow, 2002), p. 37; G.W. Claar; Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 3, p. 234; St. John's Lutheran Church records | Voice from the Stone honoree May 2008 Dennis Blumenschein speaker