Serving as a sailor in the U.S. Naval Reserve Fleet, Ensign Charles Hazeltine Hammann received the Medal of Honor for his actions on August 21, 1918 in Adriatic Sea during World War I. Hammann was 26 years old.
Hammann was born on March 16, 1892 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. His Medal of Honor is credited to Maryland. Hammann died on June 14, 1919 in Hampton, Virginia, at the age of 27. He is buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.
Hammann is one of 132 Medal of Honor recipients from World War I and one of 85 credited to Maryland.
Official Medal of Honor citation
For extraordinary heroism as a pilot of a seaplane on 21 August 1918, when with three other planes Ens. Hammann took part in a patrol and attacked a superior force of enemy land planes. In the course of the engagement which followed, the plane of Ens. George M. Ludlow was shot down and fell in the water five miles off Pola. Ens. Hammann immediately dived down and landed on the water close alongside the disabled machine, where he took Ludlow on board. Although his machine was not designed for the double load to which it was subjected, and although there was danger of attack by Austrian planes, he made his way to Porto Corsini.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: World War I.
Places
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Timeline
- March 16, 1892Born in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
- August 21, 1918Act of valor — Adriatic SeaAge 26.
- June 14, 1919Died in Hampton, VirginiaAge 27.
- Resting placeOak Lawn CemeteryBaltimore, Maryland
Biography
Charles Hazeltine Hammann (March 16, 1892 – June 14, 1919) was an officer in the United States Navy, an early naval aviator, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
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Named in his honor
- USS Hammann — destroyer escort
