- Johnson County News, Mountain City, Thursday, April 20, 1950 page 1. SGT. HARMON TO BE BURIED ON JUNE 17.
The body of Staff Sergeant NELSON OMAR HARMON of the Butler section, who was killed in action over the Baltic Sea on Oct. 10, 1943, has been returned for burial.
Funeral has been set for 2 o'clock Saturday, June 17, at Buntontown Baptist Church, with Rev. John Hagaman of Zionville, N.C., Rev. Dayton Jones and Rev. J. Roby Stout officiating. Burial will be in Bunton Cemetery with military honors accorded by the local color guard and firing squad.
The body was moved to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avery HARMON, at Carderview on Thursday from Elizabethton. The body of the 26 year-old sergeant at the time of his death, was found in February of this year, about six and a half years after he had been reported missing in action over the Batlic sea. He had been stationed at Leige, Germany.
Sgt. Harmon formerly resided near the old town of Butler, and was educated at Butler and Blackstone, Va. He entered the air corps Dec 9, 1941, and as a bombardier, had completed 18 missions. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, Air Medal, Purple Heart, and Oak Leaf Cluster. Harmon was a member of the Episcopal Church at Rochchester, N.Y.
Besides his parents, survivors include four brothers, Allen of Valley Forge; Norman of the army, Bobby Ray and Billy Joe of Carderview; three sisters, Mrs. Kermit CABLE, Eunice and Betty HARMON, all of Carderview; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Sam HARMON of Shell Creek; and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. U. S. BUNTON of Hampton.
Respectfully ..... Nelson did "not" receive the Medal of Honor .... He was not found on any listing for that medal during the war.
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