World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
LeRoy Michael Hartmann
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He was an electrical engineer in the Special Engineer Detachment Manhattan District CE in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. On November 6, 1944, he was accidentally electrocuted, while working to make uranium to go into bombs like the one used over Hiroshima.