S1 Henry Leroy Henricksen
1926 - 2019
USN
WWII
Henry Leroy “Hank” Henricksen was born February 10, 1926 in St. Charles to Henry C. and Mary Olsen Henricksen.
In the spring of 1945, Henricksen’s U.S. Naval Reserve unit was activated and dispatched for training in Norman, Oklahoma. He served until his honorable discharge as a Seaman First Class Aviation Machinists Mate in August, 1948.
On March 19, 1948, Henricksen married Lorraine Behrens in Elgin; they raised four children.
In 1950, he operated a gasoline station in Elgin, but his later work is unknown.
S1 Hank Henricksen died September 18, 2019, and is buried with his wife in Barrington’s Evergreen Cemetery.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.