A veteran’s compensation application to Pennsylvania made by Mabel [Hechler] Goldberger for her service in World War I.
Mabel [Hechler] Goldberger was born in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the oldest child of William H. Hechler and Hanna Dora [Miller] Hechler who operated the Union House Hotel there.
At the time of World War I, she enrolled in the United States Navy at the rank of Yeomanette, 3rd Class, and during the war served at the Navy Department in Washington, D. C. According to her application for compensation, she served from 19 July 1918 through her honorable discharge on 19 July 1920. However, she was only eligible for 12 months of compensation at $10 per month. Her application was made on 6 February 1934 from Blair County, Pennsylvania.
In her application, she declared that her parents were Hannah Dora [Miller] Hechler and William Hechler of Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and that she was married to Rudolph Jacob Goldberger. At the time of the application, she had no minor children.
The National Archives has an interesting article on-line about the Yeomanettes of World War I, “The Story of the Female Yeoman,” and includes a photograph of the type of uniform worn by these pioneer naval servicewomen.
The caption for the photograph indicates that this inspection was made on the grounds of the Washington Monument.
By the 1950s, Mabel and Rudolph, who was an army veteran of World War I, moved to Philadelphia. Mabel died there on 11 September 1988.
Note: There is a photo of the Union House Hotel of Lykens in which it is believed that the children of William H. Hechler appear but are not individually identified.
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The compensation form was found on Ancestry.com.
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