From Wikipedia.
HANS JOHNSEN
(January 3, 1865 - June 17, 1920)
Chief machinist serving in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War where he received a Medal of Honor for bravery.
He was born in Sandnes, Norway, and fought in the Spanish-American War on board the torpedo boat USS Winslow at the Battle of Cardenas. Along with the Medal of Honor, he was warranted as a gunner on June 27, 1898, and promoted to chief gunner on June 27, 1904.
During World War I, he received a temporary promotion to lieutenant on July 1, 1918.
He died June 17, 1920, and is buried in Bayview-New York Cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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