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First name Middle name Last name Suffix — Jr. Sr. II III IV V Branch of service — Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard Army National Guard Army Air Corps Merchant Marine Highest rank — Private Private First Class Specialist Corporal Lance Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant First Class Master Sergeant First Sergeant Master Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Seaman Petty Officer Third Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer First Class Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer Airman Airman First Class Senior Airman Technical Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Chief Master Sergeant Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Ensign Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Commander Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General General Rear Admiral Vice Admiral Admiral Other Unit(s) Conflict / war — World War II World War I Korean War Vietnam War Persian Gulf War/Global War on Terrorism Cold War Afghanistan Iraq Spanish American War Civil War Mexican War Indian Wars War of 1812 Revolutionary War Peacetime Other Hometown Has a monument paver? — Yes No Paver section — Section A Section B Section C Section D Section E Section F Section G Section H 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 Overseas service Burial location Biography / notes 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 of this information 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