Herman H. Hanneken, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Marine Corps officer
Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1893
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 23-Aug-1986
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Herman H. Hanneken
- Herman Henry Hanneken (June 23, 1893 – August 23, 1986) was a United States Marine Corps officer and a recipient of the U.S.
- military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Beginning his career as an enlisted man, Hanneken served in the Banana Wars of the 1910s and 1920s.
- During the United States occupation of Haiti, he assassinated the resistance leader Charlemagne Péralte, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
- Subsequently, granted a commission, Hanneken served in Haiti for several more months and was awarded a Navy Cross for killing another rebel leader.
- He received a second Navy Cross for his actions during the occupation of Nicaragua in the late 1920s. After a decade of stateside duty, he served in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
- During this conflict, he was awarded the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, and the Bronze Star.
- He retired in 1948, after a thirty-four-year career, and was promoted in retirement to brigadier general.
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