Monsor Hana
(1892-1918)
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SS Pocahontas
Gravestone, Corporal Monsor Hana, Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Bony, Aisne, France
WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage pin
Monsor Hana
[Monsor is an Arabic name meaning victorious or triumphant.]
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 1892 in Beyruth, Syria [also recorded as Beirut, Lebanon and Turkey] [Pre-1918, during the Ottoman era, "Greater Syria" included Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine.]
Birth: 1892 in Beyruth, Syria [also recorded as Beirut, Lebanon and Turkey] [Pre-1918, during the Ottoman era, "Greater Syria" included Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine.]
Address: 711 Mulberry St., Toledo, Ohio; wife's address 861 Orange Ave., Cleveland, OH; mother's addresses 668 Broadway, Cleveland, OH and 909 Schofield Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained additional information; Caucasian; married; per 1910 Census: occupation at age 18 Peddler Dry Goods, born Turkey, emigrated ~1907, citizenship status Alien, spoken language "Syrian," living at 911 Decatur Alley in Cleveland as a boarder along with two other young men, all born in Turkey and speakers of "Syrian"
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: no draft date found; enlistment date 4/24/1917; Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: no draft date found; enlistment date 4/24/1917; Corporal
Service Number: 1524586
Marriage: wife was Rosa [aka Rose] Hana, address above, remarried, but no additional information found
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Newport News, Virginia aboard SS Pocahontas
Action: Served in the Ohio National Guard 37th "Buckeye" Division
Death: November 13, 1918 [after the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25-26; cause of death Gunshot Wound
Death: November 13, 1918 [after the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25-26; cause of death Gunshot Wound
Burial: 11/15/1918 buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille (Pas-de-Calais, France; 8/16/1922 remains disinterred and reburied at Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Bony, Aisne, France; 3/28/1928 remains disinterred for final burial at same cemetery, Block B Row 1 Grave 3
Burial: 11/15/1918 buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille (Pas-de-Calais, France; 8/16/1922 remains disinterred and reburied at Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Bony, Aisne, France; 3/28/1928 remains disinterred for final burial at same cemetery, Block B Row 1 Grave 3
Next of Kin: not found
Additional Information: Father: per WWI burial card, "no record of father; Mother: Martha Hana, who per the 1930 Census was living alone as a widow, had been born in Syria, held citizenship status of Alien, and had emigrated in 1912. On 5/7/1930 she sailed to Europe to visit her son's grave aboard SS America as part of the WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage; Wife: Rosa [aka Rose] Hana, who per WWI burial card had remarried. No additional information found about family members.
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