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PVT Reuben Evlyn Hansen

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PVT Reuben Evlyn Hansen

Birth
Hendricks, Lincoln County, Minnesota, USA
Death
1 Nov 1918 (aged 26)
Bayonville, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Burial
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France Add to Map
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Plot B, Row 26, Grave 20.
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Pvt Hansen served with the 23rd(B)Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 4th Marine Brigade, AEF.

He enlisted in the U.S.M.C. on 27 Jun 1917

He was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Hans C. Hansen of Hendricks, Minnesota.
∼Rueben was born in Hendricks, the son of Hans and Jennie Hansen. He served in WWI in France and was killed during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I. He is buried at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France.The Meuse-Argonne offensive was probably the bloodiest single battle in U.S. history, in the sense that it had the largest number of U.S. dead in a single battle. The Meuse-Argonne offensive cost the US 117,000 casualties, France 70,000 and Germany 100,000. The American casualties represented 40% of the US casualites in WWI.
The objective was the capture of the rail station hub at Sedan, France in order to break the rail network supporting the German army in France and Flanders.
Pvt Hansen served with the 23rd(B)Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 4th Marine Brigade, AEF.

He enlisted in the U.S.M.C. on 27 Jun 1917

He was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Hans C. Hansen of Hendricks, Minnesota.
∼Rueben was born in Hendricks, the son of Hans and Jennie Hansen. He served in WWI in France and was killed during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I. He is buried at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France.The Meuse-Argonne offensive was probably the bloodiest single battle in U.S. history, in the sense that it had the largest number of U.S. dead in a single battle. The Meuse-Argonne offensive cost the US 117,000 casualties, France 70,000 and Germany 100,000. The American casualties represented 40% of the US casualites in WWI.
The objective was the capture of the rail station hub at Sedan, France in order to break the rail network supporting the German army in France and Flanders.

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PVT. 6 M.G. BATT'N. U.S.M.C. 2 DIV.
MINNESOTA

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  • Maintained by: Mitch Ryder
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55960470/reuben_evlyn-hansen: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Reuben Evlyn Hansen (9 Dec 1891–1 Nov 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55960470, citing Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Mitch Ryder (contributor 46905687).