Charles served as a Sergeant, Company L, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 2, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
He was "Killed In Action" during the war and was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 33378093
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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News Articles (Submitted by Eric Ackerman)
CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1944, PAGE THIRTEEN
MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY FOR SGT. CHARLES H. HENSEL
A memorial service for Sgt. Charles H. Hensel, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Hensel, 171 Thomas street, will be conducted at St. John's Lutheran church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, with the Rev. Edward P. Heinze, pastor, officiating.
Sgt. Hensel, attached to Company L, 330th Infantry, was killed in France on July 16. United with the church by the rite of confirmation on March 29, 1931, Sgt. Hensel is the first confirmed member of St. John's church to lose his life on active duty on foreign soil.
There are 206 members of St. John's church and Sunday School in the armed forces, and Sgt. Hensel's gold star is the third to be placed on the church's service roll. The two other gold stars are those of S-Sgt. Joshua L. Lewis, Oldtown road, killed in the Mediterranean area, and Pvt. LeRoy W. Chase, 130 Oak street, killed in a railway accident in North Carolina.
CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1948, PAGE SEVEN
HENSEL REBURIAL
Reburial services for Sgt. Charles H. Hensel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Hensel, 171 Thomas Street, who was killed in Normandy July 16, 1944, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Scarpelli Funeral Home. Rev. Donald F. Brake, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, officiated.
Full military honors at the grave in Hillcrest Burial Park was accorded by Henry Hart Post No. 1411, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pallbearers were Leo Thrasher, Morris Leasure, H.B. Bice, E.J. Wallizer, Arthur Arntower and Bernard McGann.
The firing squad was composed of Raymond Whitehair, Verner Winner, Vernon Crable, Earl Smith, S.K. Scharf, C.V. Valentine, George Speis and Carl Ryan. Color guards included John Jackle, James Jones, Franklin Griffith, Virgil Folk, Stanton Byer and William Blair. Harry Barley and Albert Kerns were buglers and Mrs. Mildred Fike, Mrs. Mary Reiber and Mrs. Zellene Norris represented the VFW auxiliary.
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He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 2, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
He was "Killed In Action" during the war and was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 33378093
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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News Articles (Submitted by Eric Ackerman)
CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1944, PAGE THIRTEEN
MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY FOR SGT. CHARLES H. HENSEL
A memorial service for Sgt. Charles H. Hensel, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Hensel, 171 Thomas street, will be conducted at St. John's Lutheran church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, with the Rev. Edward P. Heinze, pastor, officiating.
Sgt. Hensel, attached to Company L, 330th Infantry, was killed in France on July 16. United with the church by the rite of confirmation on March 29, 1931, Sgt. Hensel is the first confirmed member of St. John's church to lose his life on active duty on foreign soil.
There are 206 members of St. John's church and Sunday School in the armed forces, and Sgt. Hensel's gold star is the third to be placed on the church's service roll. The two other gold stars are those of S-Sgt. Joshua L. Lewis, Oldtown road, killed in the Mediterranean area, and Pvt. LeRoy W. Chase, 130 Oak street, killed in a railway accident in North Carolina.
CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1948, PAGE SEVEN
HENSEL REBURIAL
Reburial services for Sgt. Charles H. Hensel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Hensel, 171 Thomas Street, who was killed in Normandy July 16, 1944, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Scarpelli Funeral Home. Rev. Donald F. Brake, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, officiated.
Full military honors at the grave in Hillcrest Burial Park was accorded by Henry Hart Post No. 1411, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pallbearers were Leo Thrasher, Morris Leasure, H.B. Bice, E.J. Wallizer, Arthur Arntower and Bernard McGann.
The firing squad was composed of Raymond Whitehair, Verner Winner, Vernon Crable, Earl Smith, S.K. Scharf, C.V. Valentine, George Speis and Carl Ryan. Color guards included John Jackle, James Jones, Franklin Griffith, Virgil Folk, Stanton Byer and William Blair. Harry Barley and Albert Kerns were buglers and Mrs. Mildred Fike, Mrs. Mary Reiber and Mrs. Zellene Norris represented the VFW auxiliary.
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Charles served as a Sergeant, Company L, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 2, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
He was "Killed In Action" during the war and was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 33378093
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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News Articles (Submitted by Eric Ackerman)
CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1944, PAGE THIRTEEN
MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY FOR SGT. CHARLES H. HENSEL
A memorial service for Sgt. Charles H. Hensel, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Hensel, 171 Thomas street, will be conducted at St. John's Lutheran church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, with the Rev. Edward P. Heinze, pastor, officiating.
Sgt. Hensel, attached to Company L, 330th Infantry, was killed in France on July 16. United with the church by the rite of confirmation on March 29, 1931, Sgt. Hensel is the first confirmed member of St. John's church to lose his life on active duty on foreign soil.
There are 206 members of St. John's church and Sunday School in the armed forces, and Sgt. Hensel's gold star is the third to be placed on the church's service roll. The two other gold stars are those of S-Sgt. Joshua L. Lewis, Oldtown road, killed in the Mediterranean area, and Pvt. LeRoy W. Chase, 130 Oak street, killed in a railway accident in North Carolina.
CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1948, PAGE SEVEN
HENSEL REBURIAL
Reburial services for Sgt. Charles H. Hensel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Hensel, 171 Thomas Street, who was killed in Normandy July 16, 1944, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Scarpelli Funeral Home. Rev. Donald F. Brake, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, officiated.
Full military honors at the grave in Hillcrest Burial Park was accorded by Henry Hart Post No. 1411, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pallbearers were Leo Thrasher, Morris Leasure, H.B. Bice, E.J. Wallizer, Arthur Arntower and Bernard McGann.
The firing squad was composed of Raymond Whitehair, Verner Winner, Vernon Crable, Earl Smith, S.K. Scharf, C.V. Valentine, George Speis and Carl Ryan. Color guards included John Jackle, James Jones, Franklin Griffith, Virgil Folk, Stanton Byer and William Blair. Harry Barley and Albert Kerns were buglers and Mrs. Mildred Fike, Mrs. Mary Reiber and Mrs. Zellene Norris represented the VFW auxiliary.
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He resided in Allegany County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on October 2, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a mechanic and also as Single, without dependents.
He was "Killed In Action" during the war and was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 33378093
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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News Articles (Submitted by Eric Ackerman)
CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1944, PAGE THIRTEEN
MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY FOR SGT. CHARLES H. HENSEL
A memorial service for Sgt. Charles H. Hensel, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Hensel, 171 Thomas street, will be conducted at St. John's Lutheran church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, with the Rev. Edward P. Heinze, pastor, officiating.
Sgt. Hensel, attached to Company L, 330th Infantry, was killed in France on July 16. United with the church by the rite of confirmation on March 29, 1931, Sgt. Hensel is the first confirmed member of St. John's church to lose his life on active duty on foreign soil.
There are 206 members of St. John's church and Sunday School in the armed forces, and Sgt. Hensel's gold star is the third to be placed on the church's service roll. The two other gold stars are those of S-Sgt. Joshua L. Lewis, Oldtown road, killed in the Mediterranean area, and Pvt. LeRoy W. Chase, 130 Oak street, killed in a railway accident in North Carolina.
CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1948, PAGE SEVEN
HENSEL REBURIAL
Reburial services for Sgt. Charles H. Hensel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Hensel, 171 Thomas Street, who was killed in Normandy July 16, 1944, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Scarpelli Funeral Home. Rev. Donald F. Brake, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, officiated.
Full military honors at the grave in Hillcrest Burial Park was accorded by Henry Hart Post No. 1411, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pallbearers were Leo Thrasher, Morris Leasure, H.B. Bice, E.J. Wallizer, Arthur Arntower and Bernard McGann.
The firing squad was composed of Raymond Whitehair, Verner Winner, Vernon Crable, Earl Smith, S.K. Scharf, C.V. Valentine, George Speis and Carl Ryan. Color guards included John Jackle, James Jones, Franklin Griffith, Virgil Folk, Stanton Byer and William Blair. Harry Barley and Albert Kerns were buglers and Mrs. Mildred Fike, Mrs. Mary Reiber and Mrs. Zellene Norris represented the VFW auxiliary.
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