Don Edgar Hamel, born in about 1920, was a Marine field musician on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Mr. Hamel enlisted in Chicago on March, 12, 1941. He had moved to Chicago in about 1939 with his mother, Lucille Hesse Hamel. Before that he lived in Massillon, Ohio, where he attended Horace Mann, Longfellow and Washington schools.
His grandmother, Sylvia Hesse, received official word of his death on the same day in February 1942 that she received a note from one of her sons, Wilbur, that he was safe. He served in the Navy.
Two other uncles, George Hesse and Albert Hesse Jr., served in World War I.
Sources: The Evening Independent of Massillon, Ohio; Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in World War 1917-1918; Census; Marine muster rolls. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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Field Music Hamel was the duty Field Music for the USS Arizona on Dec 7, 1941. As the attack started, he first blew "Air Defense" on his bugle and soon thereafter, he blew "General Quarters." Many of the survivors recalled hearing his bugle calls before he was killed.
Mr. Hamel enlisted in Chicago on March, 12, 1941. He had moved to Chicago in about 1939 with his mother, Lucille Hesse Hamel. Before that he lived in Massillon, Ohio, where he attended Horace Mann, Longfellow and Washington schools.
His grandmother, Sylvia Hesse, received official word of his death on the same day in February 1942 that she received a note from one of her sons, Wilbur, that he was safe. He served in the Navy.
Two other uncles, George Hesse and Albert Hesse Jr., served in World War I.
Sources: The Evening Independent of Massillon, Ohio; Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in World War 1917-1918; Census; Marine muster rolls. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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Field Music Hamel was the duty Field Music for the USS Arizona on Dec 7, 1941. As the attack started, he first blew "Air Defense" on his bugle and soon thereafter, he blew "General Quarters." Many of the survivors recalled hearing his bugle calls before he was killed.
Don Edgar Hamel, born in about 1920, was a Marine field musician on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.
Mr. Hamel enlisted in Chicago on March, 12, 1941. He had moved to Chicago in about 1939 with his mother, Lucille Hesse Hamel. Before that he lived in Massillon, Ohio, where he attended Horace Mann, Longfellow and Washington schools.
His grandmother, Sylvia Hesse, received official word of his death on the same day in February 1942 that she received a note from one of her sons, Wilbur, that he was safe. He served in the Navy.
Two other uncles, George Hesse and Albert Hesse Jr., served in World War I.
Sources: The Evening Independent of Massillon, Ohio; Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in World War 1917-1918; Census; Marine muster rolls. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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Field Music Hamel was the duty Field Music for the USS Arizona on Dec 7, 1941. As the attack started, he first blew "Air Defense" on his bugle and soon thereafter, he blew "General Quarters." Many of the survivors recalled hearing his bugle calls before he was killed.
Mr. Hamel enlisted in Chicago on March, 12, 1941. He had moved to Chicago in about 1939 with his mother, Lucille Hesse Hamel. Before that he lived in Massillon, Ohio, where he attended Horace Mann, Longfellow and Washington schools.
His grandmother, Sylvia Hesse, received official word of his death on the same day in February 1942 that she received a note from one of her sons, Wilbur, that he was safe. He served in the Navy.
Two other uncles, George Hesse and Albert Hesse Jr., served in World War I.
Sources: The Evening Independent of Massillon, Ohio; Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in World War 1917-1918; Census; Marine muster rolls. This profile was researched and written on behalf of the U.S.S. Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona.
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Field Music Hamel was the duty Field Music for the USS Arizona on Dec 7, 1941. As the attack started, he first blew "Air Defense" on his bugle and soon thereafter, he blew "General Quarters." Many of the survivors recalled hearing his bugle calls before he was killed.
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