1929 U.S. Mint U.S. Navy Expeditions Medal
"Edward Mansch A.S. U.S.S. Cleveland 9-10-1919"
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Coxswains Mate Edward Mansch
United States Navy Coxswain’s Mate Edward Mansch (service #327-86-67) was born March 1st 1903 in Chisholm Minnesota. Edward worked as a lumberjack before his military career.
Edward enlisted as an Apprentice Seaman March 7th 1919 at the Navy Receiving Station Minneapolis, Minnesota. He immediately transferred to the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois.
A.S. Mansch completed his training and was transferred to the Light Cruiser U.S.S. Cleveland on June 14th 1919. He was then promoted to Seaman 2nd Class on Oct. 1st 1919, regular Seaman July 1st 1920, & Seaman 1st Class on Sept. 30th 1921. In Feb. 1922 the President of El Salvador died while in Washington D.C. his body was placed on the U.S.S. Cleveland for transportation to La Cieba, El Salvador. S1C Mansch wrote he was honored to be apart of the Honor Guard accompanying the body of the President. S1C Mansch went onshore Puerto Cortez, Honduras with a landing party which qualified him for his Navy Expeditions Medal which he was issued on Sept 16th 1943. He remained on the U.S.S. Cleveland until Nov. 11th 1922.
Seaman 1st Class Mansch was transferred to the Light Cruiser U.S.S. Birmingham on Dec. 31st 1922. He was promoted to Coxswains Mate on Jan. 1st 1923. He remained on the U.S.S. Birmingham until Jan. 30th 1923 when he was transfer to the Battleship U.S.S. Florida.
Coxswains Mate Mansch was Honorably Discharged from the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Florida March 6th 1923. 1930’s & 1940’s U.S. Census records show Edward working as an electrician & Maintenance Man.
United States Navy Coxswains Mate Edward Mansch Passed away Nov. 11th 1992 in Illinois, he is buried at the River Valley Memorial Gardens, West Dundee, Kane County, Illinois.
Edward enlisted as an Apprentice Seaman March 7th 1919 at the Navy Receiving Station Minneapolis, Minnesota. He immediately transferred to the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois.
A.S. Mansch completed his training and was transferred to the Light Cruiser U.S.S. Cleveland on June 14th 1919. He was then promoted to Seaman 2nd Class on Oct. 1st 1919, regular Seaman July 1st 1920, & Seaman 1st Class on Sept. 30th 1921. In Feb. 1922 the President of El Salvador died while in Washington D.C. his body was placed on the U.S.S. Cleveland for transportation to La Cieba, El Salvador. S1C Mansch wrote he was honored to be apart of the Honor Guard accompanying the body of the President. S1C Mansch went onshore Puerto Cortez, Honduras with a landing party which qualified him for his Navy Expeditions Medal which he was issued on Sept 16th 1943. He remained on the U.S.S. Cleveland until Nov. 11th 1922.
Seaman 1st Class Mansch was transferred to the Light Cruiser U.S.S. Birmingham on Dec. 31st 1922. He was promoted to Coxswains Mate on Jan. 1st 1923. He remained on the U.S.S. Birmingham until Jan. 30th 1923 when he was transfer to the Battleship U.S.S. Florida.
Coxswains Mate Mansch was Honorably Discharged from the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Florida March 6th 1923. 1930’s & 1940’s U.S. Census records show Edward working as an electrician & Maintenance Man.
United States Navy Coxswains Mate Edward Mansch Passed away Nov. 11th 1992 in Illinois, he is buried at the River Valley Memorial Gardens, West Dundee, Kane County, Illinois.
United States Navy Coxswain's Edward Mansch was born in March 1, 1903 in Minnesota. He enlisted in the Navy March 7, 1919. He served on the U.S.S. Cleveland Protector Cruiser. Records indicate Mansch was an electrician in 1930. The U.S. 1940's Census shows Mansch as a maintenance man.
COX Mansch passed away Nov. 11, 1992 & he is buried at River Vally Memorial Gardens, West Dundee Kane County, Illinois.
COX Mansch passed away Nov. 11, 1992 & he is buried at River Vally Memorial Gardens, West Dundee Kane County, Illinois.
U.S.S. Cleveland
USS Cleveland, a 3200-ton Denver class protected cruiser, was built at Bath, Maine. Commissioned in November 1903 as the first of her class to be completed, she operated with the European Squadron and in U.S. and Caribbean waters during the next three and a half years. In mid-1907, Cleveland steamed to the Far East, by way of the Mediterranean Sea and Suez Canal, to join the Asiatic Fleet. At the end of this deployment, she crossed the Pacific to California and was laid up at the Mare Island Navy Yard between mid-1910 and mid-1912. The cruiser then began five years of service off Mexico and Central America.
With relations with Germany approaching a breakdown, Cleveland was transferred to the East Coast in March 1917 and soon began shipping protection patrols and convoy escort missions between the U.S. and the mid-Atlantic. Following the November 1918 Armistice that ended the First World War fighting, she returned to Central and South American waters, initially in the Caribbean area, and after February 1920 in the Pacific. Reclassified as a gunboat (PG-33) in July 1920 and as a light cruiser (CL-21) in August 1921, Cleveland remained active off Latin America until she was decommissioned at the beginning of November 1929. She was sold for scrapping in March 1930.
With relations with Germany approaching a breakdown, Cleveland was transferred to the East Coast in March 1917 and soon began shipping protection patrols and convoy escort missions between the U.S. and the mid-Atlantic. Following the November 1918 Armistice that ended the First World War fighting, she returned to Central and South American waters, initially in the Caribbean area, and after February 1920 in the Pacific. Reclassified as a gunboat (PG-33) in July 1920 and as a light cruiser (CL-21) in August 1921, Cleveland remained active off Latin America until she was decommissioned at the beginning of November 1929. She was sold for scrapping in March 1930.
