Charles "Charley" Hansen
(1892-1919)
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SS Pocahontas
Gravestone, Sergeant Charles "Charley" Hansen, East Cleveland Township Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling List
Charles "Charley" Hansen
[Research was impeded by the prevalence of the name Charles Hansen and conflicting and confusing information in available records.]
*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: 2/16/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 2/16/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: wife's addresses listed as 3414 E. 149th St. and 3467 E. 149th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: definitive draft registration not found which would have contained additional demographic information; married; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/21/1917; Sergeant
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/21/1917; Sergeant
Service Number: 1524385
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Newport News, Virginia aboard SS Pocahontas
Action: Served in the Ohio National Guard Company G 147th Infantry, part of the 37th "Buckeye" Division [see insignia at left]
Death: March 24, 1919 at age 27; cause of death Pneumonia complicated by Nephritis
Death: March 24, 1919 at age 27; cause of death Pneumonia complicated by Nephritis
Burial: 3/26/1919 buried after death at American Cemetery, Lambezellec, Finistere, France; 5/19/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Brest, France 5/19/1920; 6/6/1920 remains shipped from Brest to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Mercury arriving Hoboken 6/30/1920; 7/16/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/18/1920 to the care of William Abel & Sons Undertakers, 7017-19 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 7/20/1920 at East Cleveland Township Cemetery, 1621 E. 118th St., Cleveland, OH, Section 10 East Plot Row 40 Lot Grave 460
Burial: 3/26/1919 buried after death at American Cemetery, Lambezellec, Finistere, France; 5/19/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Brest, France 5/19/1920; 6/6/1920 remains shipped from Brest to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Mercury arriving Hoboken 6/30/1920; 7/16/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/18/1920 to the care of William Abel & Sons Undertakers, 7017-19 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 7/20/1920 at East Cleveland Township Cemetery, 1621 E. 118th St., Cleveland, OH, Section 10 East Plot Row 40 Lot Grave 460
Next of Kin: Mrs. Ida Hansen, 3414 E. 149th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: In 1932, Sheldon D. Houghland of the American Legion applied for a government-issued headstone for the unmarked grave of Sergeant Charles "Charley" Hansen.
Wife: Ida Hansen, about whom no definitive information was found, as there seemed to be two different women, one named Ida Dell Amy Hansen and another named Ivah Amy Hansen; Father: Jens Carl "Karl" [aka Charles] Hansen (1853-1918), born Norway, emigrated ~1884, buried Fremont Cemetery, Fremont, Indiana; Mother: Karen Marie Christensen Hansen (1853-1923), had at least 5 children, buried Fremont Cemetery, Fremont, Indiana; Siblings: at least 4 siblings. See Sibling List at left, which may be incomplete.
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