Louis Howard Hart (1917 - 1983)

Born 20 May 1917 in Carter County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Died 4 Aug 1983 at age 66 in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

The son of Caleb Hart and Mattie Trusler, Louis Howard Hart was born in 1917. ^[1]

As an adult, Louis was approximately 5'-7" in height, weighing 161 pounds. He had brown eyes, brown hair, and was light in complexion. ^[2]

He married Georgia Ellen Harmon in Washington County, Tennessee on 8 Feb 1936. ^[3] Their children: ^{[4] [5]}

1. Elizabeth Bell "Betty" (Hart) Horton
2. Judy Ann (Hart) Prince Fritts
3. William Howard "Bill" Hart
4. Wendell Eugene "Gene" Hart
5. David Louis Hart

Louis enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on 21 Oct 1942 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. ⁺⁺ His service number was 14159196. In Jan 1943, he was admitted to the military hospital on the Jefferson Barracks Military Post in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri and was diagnosed with a "deformity or disease of the spine" that was determined to have existed prior to his entry into military service. Due to the disability, Louis was discharged on 6 Feb 1943. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Louis passed away at the Carter County Memorial Hospital in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee on 4 Aug 1983 from a heart attack. ^[9]

Research Notes

⁺⁺Camp Forrest, Tennessee

Originally established in 1926 for training the Tennessee National Guard, it became a Federal training area on 10 Jan 1941. Camp Forrest officially became a prisoner-of-war camp on 12 May 1942, housing Italian and German POWs. The camp also held Japanese, German and Italian American civilians who were arrested at the outbreak of the war under the "Alien Enemy Control" program. The camp was deactivated on 30 Jun 1946. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for Louis H. Hart
2. ↑ World War II Draft Card for Louis H. Hart, 1940
3. ↑ Marriage Announcement for Georgia Ellen Harmon and Louis Hart
4. ↑ Obituary for Louis H. Hart
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #82955686
6. ↑ World War II Hospital Admission Card File for Louis H. Hart
7. ↑ World War II Army Enlistment Record for Louis H. Hart
8. ↑ BIRLS Death File for Louis H. Hart
9. ↑ Obituary for Louis H. Hart
10. ↑ For additional information, visit the Camp Forrest Foundation website at https://www.campforrestfoundation.org/. [Accessed 18 Apr 2023]

• Marriage Announcement for Georgia Ellen Harmon and Louis Hart. Published in the Johnson City Press (Johnson City, Tennessee), Wed, 19 Feb 1936, Page 3.

• World War II Draft Card for Louis H. Hart, 1940. National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards For Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 125.

• World War II Hospital Admission Card File for Louis H. Hart. National Archives and Records Administration; Hospital Admission Card Files, ca. 1970 - ca. 1970; NAI: 570973; Record Group Number: Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), 1775-1994; Record Group Title: 112.

• World War II Army Enlistment Record for Louis H. Hart. National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, USA; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Number: 01652; Reel: 22.

• BIRLS Death File for Louis H. Hart. Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82955686/louis-h-hart: accessed 18 April 2023), memorial page for Louis H Hart (20 May 1917–4 Aug 1983), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82955686, citing Pensacola Memorial Gardens, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA.

• Obituary for Louis H. Hart. Published in the Johnson City Press (Johnson City, Tennessee), Fri, 05 Aug 1983, Page 2.