Earl Howard Hensel
(1896-1918)
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Ad for Cleveland Worm & Gear Company
USS Mercury
Wagoner WW I
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Gravestone, Wagoner Earl Howard Hensel, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Partial Sibling List
Earl Howard Hensel
*No plaque located*
*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: 5/14/1896, Canton, Ohio
Birth: 5/14/1896, Canton, Ohio
Address: 479 E. 123rd St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single at draft registration [married later --see below]; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Inspector at Worm & Gear Company, Cleveland, OH [founded 1912 and still in existence]; claimed draft exemption due to "Company employed on government work;" at age 14 Census record showed he was employed as a Farm Laborer
Appearance: Height medium, Build slender, Eyes gray, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/17/1917; Rank Wagoner [Wagoners in WWI were responsible for transporting supplies to the front and for the care and maintenance of the wagons and animals.]
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/17/1917; Rank Wagoner [Wagoners in WWI were responsible for transporting supplies to the front and for the care and maintenance of the wagons and animals.]
Service Number: 1946659
Marriage: On 3/4/1918 at age 21, he married Ida Henrietta "Edith" Zippert (1896-1982), age 21 and employed as a Milliner. They were married for 7 months when Wagoner Earl Howard Hensel was killed in action. Widow Ida Henrietta "Edith" Zippert remarried on 5/3/1922 to Henry Lange and had at least 2 children. She was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Geneva, OH.
Deployment: 4/23/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard USS Mercury
Action:
Death: October 5, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 5, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 10/12/1918 buried at American Cemetery, Exermont, Ardennes, France; 6/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 7/12/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 7/18/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/8/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Arlington, Virginia arriving Arlington 9/9/1921 to the care of D.R. Wolverton, Capt. Q.M.C.; final burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, European Site 2481 Section 18
Burial: 10/12/1918 buried at American Cemetery, Exermont, Ardennes, France; 6/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 7/12/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 7/18/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/8/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Arlington, Virginia arriving Arlington 9/9/1921 to the care of D.R. Wolverton, Capt. Q.M.C.; final burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, European Site 2481 Section 18
Next of Kin: Mrs. W. E. Hensel, mother, 479 E. 123rd St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Wife: [See marriage section above.]
Father: William Elmer Hensel (1870-1931), born Ohio, occupations included Carpenter and Farmer, buried Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, OH; Mother: Mary "Maggie" Phillips Hensel (1873-?), born Germany, may have had 11 children, burial place not found; Siblings: See partial sibling list at left. Additional siblings recorded in census records include: Arthur; Walter; Bessie; Eveline; Gertrude; Paul; Ethel.
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