Harry Truman

Irelands Performing Artist "Headgear"

WWI Service Card                                                            <click here>

War Stories & Harry   June 1980                                      <click here>

Find a Grave Virtual Memorial                                            <click here>

Spirit Lake Slide Show - Skamania County                         <click here>

Harry Truman / Mount St. Helens Slide show                     <click here>

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Tuscania Survivors Association (TSA)                                <click here>

Harry Randall Truman - Riffe, Washington

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 100^th Aero Squadron – 7^th Squad (Airplane Mechanic)

Army Serial Number: 249,922

Enlistment: Aug. 4, 1917 Vancouver Barracks, Washington (age 20)

Promotions: Feb. 1, 1919 to Private 1/c

Army Discharge: June 12, 1919 Camp Lewis, Pierce Co., Washington

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – May 31, 1919

   Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

   Member of the Tuscania Survivors Association (1938)

   Address: Riffe, Washington (1919)

   Address: 1491 S. Market Blvd., Chehalis, Lewis Co., WA (1920)

   Address: Mt. St. Helens Lodge, Spirit Lake, WA (1930-1980)

First Wife: Helen Irene Hughes

Helen Hughes/Bulman/Truman/Lathan

(b. June 13, 1900 Yakima, Yakima Co., Washington)

(d. March 1, 1983 Seattle, King Co., Washington)

Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis Co., Wa

Daughter of Asa Benjamin Hughes and Clara Jane Siverly

Second Wife: Marjorie Bennett

    Marjorie Bennett/Brown/Truman

    (b. April 6, 1901 Little Falls, Lincoln Co., WA)

    (d. May 5, 1954 Bellingham, Whatcom Co., WA)

    Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis Co., Wa

    Married: Sept. 4, 1935 Seattle, King Co., Washington

    Daughter of Robert & Tina Bennett

Third Wife: Edna O. Henrickson

(b. March 30, 1909 Seattle, King Co., Washington)

(d. Sept. 1975 Castle Rock, Cowlitz Co., Washington)

Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis Co., Wa

    Married: Sept. 11, 1947 Stevenson, Skamania Co., Washington

Fathers Name: Newberry Truman

    (b. Nov. 14, 1870 Roane Co., West Virginia)

    (d. May 8, 1923 Lacamas, Lewis Co., Washington)

   Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis Co., Wa

Mothers Name: Rosa Belle Hardman

    Rosa Belle Hardman/Truman/Brautigam

    (b. May 20, 1873 Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Virginia)

    (d. March 15, 1957 Centralia, Lewis Co., Washington)

    Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis Co., Wa

    Remarried, Aug. 3, 1928 to Ferd Brautigam, Vancouver, WA

    Daughter of Orlando Hardman

Brothers: None

Sister: Geraldine Truman/Whiting

Occupation: Mt. St. Helens Lodge caretaker, Washington

Born: Oct. 30, 1896 Ivydale, Clay Co., West Virginia

Died: May 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens, WA (age 83)

Killed by Volcanic Eruption of Mt. St. Helens.

Note: The Riffe community exist no more, it dissapeared in 1966 beneath the waters of the Mossyrock Dam.