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Herman Henry Hanneken (June 23, 1893 – August 23, 1986) was a United States Marine Corps officer and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Beginning his career as an enlisted man, Hanneken served in the Banana Wars of the 1910s and 1920s.
Brigadier General Herman H. Hanneken, while on duty in Haiti in 1919, suppressed the activities of the supreme bandit leader, Charlemagne Peralte, by killing the notorious bandit in a daring raid on his camp in Northern Haiti.
Died: August 23, 1986, Lanolla, CA, United States. Buried: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery (MH) (C-1166-D), San Diego, CA, United States. U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Herman Henry Hanneken was presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during the Haitian Campaign 1919 - 1920.
Herman Hanneken enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1914 and served as an enlisted Marine for four years, achieving the rank of sergeant. He was appointed a second lieutenant in December...
Sep 30, 2018 · Herman Henry Hanneken died on the 23rd of August, 1986 at the age of 93 at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in LaJolla, California, and is buried in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego; section C, grave 166-D.
Herman H. Hanneken awarded the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest decoration, as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in conflict with the enemy near Grande Riviere, Republic of Haiti, on the night of October 31st-November 1st, 1919.
For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in actual conflict with the enemy near Grande Riviere, Republic of Haiti, on the night of 31 October-1 November 1919, resulting in the death of Charlemagne Peralte, the supreme bandit chief in the Republic of Haiti, and the killing, capture, and dispersal of about 1,200 of his ...
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL. WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
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On episode one hundred and thirty-seven, the story of Herman H Hanneken is told. This episode is brought to you by Combat Flip Flops: flipping the view ...
