When Hanson L Vollmer was born on May 16, 1892, his father, Paul, was 56 and his mother, Katie, was 21. He had one brother and three sisters. On October 13, 1911, at the age of 19, Hanson enlisted into the Army in Columbus, Ohio for a three year term. Upon his honorable discharge October 12, 1914, he was re-enlisted for a second term on October 13, 1914. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Sergeant in Battery A, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Division. He was Killed in Action on October 28, 1918 at the age of 26 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France. His name is commemorated on the First Infantry Division monument in Saint-Juvin, France but his surname is inscribed as Vallmer.
Service record:
Vollmer, Hanson L., 125379, White, Ripley, Ohio
Regular Army Camp Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands Oct 13/14
Born Brown Co, Ohio 22 5/12 years
Battery A 6 Field Artillery to May 31/17;
Battery A 10 Field Artillery to June 5/17;
Battery A 6 Field Artillery to death.
Sergeant April 11/17.
Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector.
American Expeditionary Forces July 29/17 to death.
Killed In Action October 28/18.
Notified Miss Eva E. Vollmer, sister, R.F.D.1, Aberdeen, Ohio.
Cited in General Order 1 Division dated January 1/20.