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Corporal Melvin Edward Hohensee

Sources: Author: Newsom, Jeanine; Dirks, Pam; Title: "Melvin Edward Hohensee," (Publication location: Salt Lk. City, UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxiii June MMXXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVXL-NS4

"...Melvin Edward Hohensee Birth 5 Sep 1918 Saline County, Nebraska, USA Death 2 Aug 1943 (aged 24) Sicilia, Italy Burial Plainview Cemetery Western, Saline County, Nebraska, USA Memorial ID 102850615
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Melvin Edward Hohensee Last Changed: June 23, 2021 by Pam Dirks Sex Male Last Changed: February 28, 2015 by Jeanine Newsom Birth 5 September 1918 Nebraska, United States Death 2 August 1943 Burial Western, Saline, Nebraska, United States of America

Residence 1920 Butler, Calhoun, Iowa, United States
Residence 1925 Calhoun Township, Calhoun, Iowa, United States
Residence 1930 South Fork, Saline, Nebraska
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Residence 1940 South Fork Election Precinct, Saline, Nebraska

Parents and Siblings

Henry Otto Hohensee 1892 - 1961
Marriage: 16 Dec 1914 Bellville Twp., Pocahontas, Iowa, United States
Ella Dirks 1896 - 1971

Children of Ella Dirks and Henry Otto Hohensee (13)

[1] Leola Marie Hohensee 1915 - 2009
[2] Louis Walter Hohensee 1917 - 1994
[3] Melvin Edward Hohensee 1918 - 1943
[4] Merlin E Hohensee 1920 - 1920
[5] Dorothy Helen Hohensee 1921 - 2017
[6] Beulah Bernice Hohensee 1922 - 2012
[7] David J. Hohensee 1923 - 1987
[8] Wayne Alfred Hohensee 1924 - 2001
[9] Marjorie Lulu Hohensee 1925 - 2010
[10] Virgil Dean Hohensee 1927 - 1992
[11] Dale Eugene Hohensee 1928 - 1992
[12] Irene Mae Hohensee 1931 - 2019
[13] Leo Henry Hohensee 1935 - 2008"

Author: Kennel, Debbie & Bob; Title: "COL [sic] Melvin Edward Hohensee," (Publication location: Western, NE, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxx Dec MMXII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102850615/melvin-edward-hohensee

"Photo [area of cemetery where his stone is found] added by Debbie and Bob Kennel

COL [sic] Melvin Edward Hohensee Birth 5 Sep 1918 Saline County, Nebraska, USA Death 2 Aug 1943 (aged 24) Sicilia, Italy Burial Plainview Cemetery Western, Saline County, Nebraska, USA Memorial ID 102850615

Memorial photo 178713830 [portion of cemetery where his grave is located] Added by: Debbie and Bob Kennel on 16 Nov 2018
Memorial photo 178713824 [military indicator with dates 1941-1945] Added by: Debbie and Bob Kennel on 16 Nov 2018
Memorial photo 178713823 [his grave marker] Added by: Debbie and Bob Kennel on 16 Nov 2018
Memorial photo 178713819 [Plainview Cem. gate] Added by: Debbie and Bob Kennel on 16 Nov 2018
Memorial photo 93269505 [his grave marker] Added by: The Last Ride on 25 Nov 2013
Memorial photo 216657807 [his obituary] newspaper.com Added by: Loren Bender on 8 Nov 2020

Inscription Neb. TEC. 5 10 ENGR. BN. World War II

Parents
[photo - section of cemetery where his grave is located] Henry Otto Hohensee 1892 - 1961
[photo - part of cemetery where her grave is located] Ella Dirks Hohensee 1896 - 1971

Siblings

[photo - grave marker shared with Henry C. Beerenstrauch] Leola Marie Hohensee Beerenstrauch 1915 - 2009
[photo - his portion of stone shared with Doris W. Hohensee] Louis W. Hohensee 1917 - 1994
[photo - woman] Dorothy H. Hohensee Vorderstrasse 1921 - 2017
[photo - his grave] David J Hohensee 1923 - 1987
[photo - marriage date on stone shared with Leola W. Hohensee] Wayne Alfred Hohensee 1924 - 2001
[photo - stone shared with Alvin M. Kobes] Marjorie L. Hohensee Kobes 1925 - 2010
[photo - portion of cemetery where his gave is found] Virgil Dean Hohensee 1927 - 1992
[photo - woman] Irene Mae Hohensee Stewart 1931 - 2019
[photo - stone shared with Bonnie L. Hohensee] Leo Henry Hohensee 1935 - 2008

Created by: Linda O. Added: 30 Dec 2012 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 102850615"

Text of his obituary, provenance unknown:

"Cpl. [Corporal] Melvin Hohensee Killed in Action in Sicily Aug. 2

Cpl. Melvin Hohensee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hohensee of near Western, was killed in action in Sicily Aug. 2 1943, his parents were informed in a telegram received from the war department last week.

Cpl. Hohensee would have bee 25 years old Sept. 5. He entered service August 5, 1941, and left this country Oct. 16, 1942, for service overseas. He was with American forces in the invasion of Sicily in July.

One of a familyof 14 children, he leaves his parents and 12 brothers and sisters. One brother died in infancy."
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Melvin Edward Hohensee

David Falentine Hohensee
1863-1944
Emilie (Amelia) Daberkow
1872-1960
John Meyers Dirks
1862-1920
Peiterke (Peterke) Moet
1865-1962
Ella Dirks
1896-1971

Melvin Edward Hohensee
1918-1943


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    Birthday September 5, 1918

    • The temperature on September 5, 1918 was between 10.4 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
      • January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
      • February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
      • April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
      • May 26 » The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
      • August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
      • November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

    Day of death August 2, 1943

    • The temperature on August 2, 1943 was between 13.8 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • April 30 » World War II: The British submarine HMSSeraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
      • May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
      • June 20 » World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
      • October 1 » World War II: After the Four Days of Naples, Allied troops enter the city.
      • October 8 » World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
      • October 26 » World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
    

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