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Harry R. Truman - Riffe, Washington

Army Rank: Private (1918).

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

Army Serial Number:

Enlistment: Aug. 1917 Camp Lewis, Washington (age 20).

Army Discharge: June 12, 1919 Camp Lewis

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – May 1919

Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

Fathers Name: Newberry Truman

Mothers Name: Rosa Truman

Sister: Geraldine Truman (Whiting)

  (b. Nov. 8, 1904 West Virginia) (d. Oct. 29, 1987 Castle Rock, WA)

Occupation: Spirit Lake Lodge caretaker

Born: Oct. 30, 1896 Buffalo District, Clay Co., West Virginia

Died: May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens, WA (age 84)

Killed by Volcanic Eruption of Mt. St. Helens.