Countryman, Arthur
Army Techinican sergeant

Arthur Countryman, age 37, from Plainfield, Illinois.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, November 20, 1944
Death details

On June 14, 2021, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Technical Sergeant Arthur W. Countryman, missing from World War II.

Technical Sergeant Countryman entered the U.S. Army from Illinois and served with Company F, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On November 20, 1944, he was killed in action near Hürtgen, Germany, while engaged in combat with German forces. TSgt Countryman’s remains were not recovered following his loss. Based on research and analysis, an unknown set of remains recovered from Germany was determined to belong to a member of the 12 Infantry Regiment, killed in November of 1944 on the western side of the Hürtgen plateau. The remains were exhumed and accessioned into the DPAA laboratory, where a multidisciplinary analysis allowed them to be identified as those of TSgt Countryman.

Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency