by Ar’Mone Spears
Samuel Hogan was born on November 7, 1890, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, to Susan Wright and Julius Hogan. Samuel eventually settled at 918 Highland Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia.
Before enlisting in the military on August 3, 1918, he worked as a fireman. He joined the Engineer branch of the U.S. Army and was assigned to the 540 Company. Samuel trained at Camp Humphreys in Virginia before his journey to Europe. He began on the Leviathan ship from Hoboken to Liverpool on November 3rd. Then he traveled through Winchester to Southampton before being stationed in Abbeville, France from November 19th until May 14th of the following year. Samual was promoted from the rank of Private to Corporal on March 1st, 1919. After serving his country Samuel was honorably discharged at Camp Lee in Virginia on June 18th. Following his military service, he transitioned into civilian life as a laborer and married Minnie Thomas in Norfolk on November 18th, 1920, at thirty years old.
Samuel Hogan passed away from epidermoid carcinoma of the esophagus at Chesterfield Veterans Administration Hospital in Virginia on August 23rd, 1953.
Sources:
“Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935”, , FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8WWP-GNN2 : Mon Mar 11 00:12:00 UTC 2024), Entry for Samuel Hogan and J Hogan, 18 Nov 1920.
Hogan, Samuel, World War I History Commission Questionnaires, Library of Virginia. https://image.lva.virginia.gov/WWI/pages/045/0116.html
Death certificate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C958-13S9-Q?view=index&action=view&cc=2377565
Ar’Mone Spears is a student at Norfolk State University.