US Navy Veteran, Spanish American War (1895-1903) and World War I (1917-1919). During the Spanish American War he was a bayman (a nurse who tended the sick bay) and served aboard Commodore George Dewey's flagship of the seven-ship Asiatic Squadron, USFS Olympia, and was at the Battle of Manila Bay. He was given the nickname "Little Dewey" by the other sailors due to his youthful appearance.
A native of Luxembourg and the son of Frederick and Angelique Dutreaux, who emigrated to the United Stats in 1880, Charles became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1893 and enlisted in the Navy on July 17, 1895 at Mare Island Navy Yard. Per the 1900 Census he was a bayman in the Navy and was living at home with his parents and three adult sisters at 1807 1/2 Pine St, his father's occupation being a "capitalist". He was honorably discharged on September 13, 1903.
By the 1910 Census, he was working as a cashier for an insurance company. He and his wife, Celia Mass Dutreaux (b. 1875), a California native, whom he had married in 1908, were living at 2513 Larkin St. in San Francisco, along with his father-in-law, Peter H. Mass, a 64-year old native of Germany with a paper route, who had emigrated in 1863 and became a citizen in 1868. As of 1920, and after Charles' active reserve duty during World War I (which ended on December 12, 1919), this was the status quo, with the exception that 74 year old Peter was no longer working.
In the early 1920's, Charles and Celia, who had no children together, were divorced, and so he no longer lived on Larkin St. where Celia and her father were still living ten years later. Charles married May Bernice Blythe (b. 1876) a California native daughter of Free Irish immigrants in 1924, and by 1930 they were living in a home they owned at 719 33rd Ave. in San Francisco. Charles worked as an accountant for a fire insurance company.
By 1940, Charles was retired and the couple were living at their home on 33rd Ave., where Charles presumably devoted much of his retirement life to continuing his active involvement in leadership positions in various U.S. Spanish War Veterans and the Dewey Congressional Medal Association (onetime national commander) for years. He was often incorrectly mentioned in the press as the "youngest sailor" aboard Olympia at Manila Bay, an incorrect statement as there were dozens of men younger than Dutreaux's 26 years at the time he was on Olympia. At a reunion of the Dewey Congressional Medal Association aboard USS Olympia when she was mothballed at Philadelphia, he recalled standing next to Commodore Dewey during the battle when a shell whizzed over the sailor's head, spurring the Commodore to rebuke him when he ducked. A few minutes later, another shell screamed overhead and Dewey himself ducked. When Dutreaux reminded the squadron commander of his admonition minutes earlier, Dewey first frowned, then smiled and replied, "Yes, dammit, I ducked. I suppose it's just natural". "He was a hero, and a real man", Dutreaux finished, fingering the bronze medal that bore his commander's likeness.
Charles Dutreaux died at age 75 in October 1947. He was survived by his wife, May Bernice, who died the following year.
Dutreaux Charles Jean -- [Service Number] 001655177, [Date of Enlistment] 07/17/1895
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US Naval veteran. During the Spanish American War he was a Bayman aboard the USFS Olympia, flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay.
A native of Luxembourg and the son of Frederick and Angelique Dutreaux, who emigrated to the United Stats in 1880, Charles became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1893 and enlisted in the Navy on July 17, 1895 at Mare Island Navy Yard. Per the 1900 Census he was a bayman in the Navy and was living at home with his parents and three adult sisters at 1807 1/2 Pine St, his father's occupation being a "capitalist". He was honorably discharged on September 13, 1903.
By the 1910 Census, he was working as a cashier for an insurance company. He and his wife, Celia Mass Dutreaux (b. 1875), a California native, whom he had married in 1908, were living at 2513 Larkin St. in San Francisco, along with his father-in-law, Peter H. Mass, a 64-year old native of Germany with a paper route, who had emigrated in 1863 and became a citizen in 1868. As of 1920, and after Charles' active reserve duty during World War I (which ended on December 12, 1919), this was the status quo, with the exception that 74 year old Peter was no longer working.
In the early 1920's, Charles and Celia, who had no children together, were divorced, and so he no longer lived on Larkin St. where Celia and her father were still living ten years later. Charles married May Bernice Blythe (b. 1876) a California native daughter of Free Irish immigrants in 1924, and by 1930 they were living in a home they owned at 719 33rd Ave. in San Francisco. Charles worked as an accountant for a fire insurance company.
By 1940, Charles was retired and the couple were living at their home on 33rd Ave., where Charles presumably devoted much of his retirement life to continuing his active involvement in leadership positions in various U.S. Spanish War Veterans and the Dewey Congressional Medal Association (onetime national commander) for years. He was often incorrectly mentioned in the press as the "youngest sailor" aboard Olympia at Manila Bay, an incorrect statement as there were dozens of men younger than Dutreaux's 26 years at the time he was on Olympia. At a reunion of the Dewey Congressional Medal Association aboard USS Olympia when she was mothballed at Philadelphia, he recalled standing next to Commodore Dewey during the battle when a shell whizzed over the sailor's head, spurring the Commodore to rebuke him when he ducked. A few minutes later, another shell screamed overhead and Dewey himself ducked. When Dutreaux reminded the squadron commander of his admonition minutes earlier, Dewey first frowned, then smiled and replied, "Yes, dammit, I ducked. I suppose it's just natural". "He was a hero, and a real man", Dutreaux finished, fingering the bronze medal that bore his commander's likeness.
Charles Dutreaux died at age 75 in October 1947. He was survived by his wife, May Bernice, who died the following year.
Dutreaux Charles Jean -- [Service Number] 001655177, [Date of Enlistment] 07/17/1895
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US Naval veteran. During the Spanish American War he was a Bayman aboard the USFS Olympia, flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay.
US Navy Veteran, Spanish American War (1895-1903) and World War I (1917-1919). During the Spanish American War he was a bayman (a nurse who tended the sick bay) and served aboard Commodore George Dewey's flagship of the seven-ship Asiatic Squadron, USFS Olympia, and was at the Battle of Manila Bay. He was given the nickname "Little Dewey" by the other sailors due to his youthful appearance.
A native of Luxembourg and the son of Frederick and Angelique Dutreaux, who emigrated to the United Stats in 1880, Charles became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1893 and enlisted in the Navy on July 17, 1895 at Mare Island Navy Yard. Per the 1900 Census he was a bayman in the Navy and was living at home with his parents and three adult sisters at 1807 1/2 Pine St, his father's occupation being a "capitalist". He was honorably discharged on September 13, 1903.
By the 1910 Census, he was working as a cashier for an insurance company. He and his wife, Celia Mass Dutreaux (b. 1875), a California native, whom he had married in 1908, were living at 2513 Larkin St. in San Francisco, along with his father-in-law, Peter H. Mass, a 64-year old native of Germany with a paper route, who had emigrated in 1863 and became a citizen in 1868. As of 1920, and after Charles' active reserve duty during World War I (which ended on December 12, 1919), this was the status quo, with the exception that 74 year old Peter was no longer working.
In the early 1920's, Charles and Celia, who had no children together, were divorced, and so he no longer lived on Larkin St. where Celia and her father were still living ten years later. Charles married May Bernice Blythe (b. 1876) a California native daughter of Free Irish immigrants in 1924, and by 1930 they were living in a home they owned at 719 33rd Ave. in San Francisco. Charles worked as an accountant for a fire insurance company.
By 1940, Charles was retired and the couple were living at their home on 33rd Ave., where Charles presumably devoted much of his retirement life to continuing his active involvement in leadership positions in various U.S. Spanish War Veterans and the Dewey Congressional Medal Association (onetime national commander) for years. He was often incorrectly mentioned in the press as the "youngest sailor" aboard Olympia at Manila Bay, an incorrect statement as there were dozens of men younger than Dutreaux's 26 years at the time he was on Olympia. At a reunion of the Dewey Congressional Medal Association aboard USS Olympia when she was mothballed at Philadelphia, he recalled standing next to Commodore Dewey during the battle when a shell whizzed over the sailor's head, spurring the Commodore to rebuke him when he ducked. A few minutes later, another shell screamed overhead and Dewey himself ducked. When Dutreaux reminded the squadron commander of his admonition minutes earlier, Dewey first frowned, then smiled and replied, "Yes, dammit, I ducked. I suppose it's just natural". "He was a hero, and a real man", Dutreaux finished, fingering the bronze medal that bore his commander's likeness.
Charles Dutreaux died at age 75 in October 1947. He was survived by his wife, May Bernice, who died the following year.
Dutreaux Charles Jean -- [Service Number] 001655177, [Date of Enlistment] 07/17/1895
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US Naval veteran. During the Spanish American War he was a Bayman aboard the USFS Olympia, flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay.
A native of Luxembourg and the son of Frederick and Angelique Dutreaux, who emigrated to the United Stats in 1880, Charles became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1893 and enlisted in the Navy on July 17, 1895 at Mare Island Navy Yard. Per the 1900 Census he was a bayman in the Navy and was living at home with his parents and three adult sisters at 1807 1/2 Pine St, his father's occupation being a "capitalist". He was honorably discharged on September 13, 1903.
By the 1910 Census, he was working as a cashier for an insurance company. He and his wife, Celia Mass Dutreaux (b. 1875), a California native, whom he had married in 1908, were living at 2513 Larkin St. in San Francisco, along with his father-in-law, Peter H. Mass, a 64-year old native of Germany with a paper route, who had emigrated in 1863 and became a citizen in 1868. As of 1920, and after Charles' active reserve duty during World War I (which ended on December 12, 1919), this was the status quo, with the exception that 74 year old Peter was no longer working.
In the early 1920's, Charles and Celia, who had no children together, were divorced, and so he no longer lived on Larkin St. where Celia and her father were still living ten years later. Charles married May Bernice Blythe (b. 1876) a California native daughter of Free Irish immigrants in 1924, and by 1930 they were living in a home they owned at 719 33rd Ave. in San Francisco. Charles worked as an accountant for a fire insurance company.
By 1940, Charles was retired and the couple were living at their home on 33rd Ave., where Charles presumably devoted much of his retirement life to continuing his active involvement in leadership positions in various U.S. Spanish War Veterans and the Dewey Congressional Medal Association (onetime national commander) for years. He was often incorrectly mentioned in the press as the "youngest sailor" aboard Olympia at Manila Bay, an incorrect statement as there were dozens of men younger than Dutreaux's 26 years at the time he was on Olympia. At a reunion of the Dewey Congressional Medal Association aboard USS Olympia when she was mothballed at Philadelphia, he recalled standing next to Commodore Dewey during the battle when a shell whizzed over the sailor's head, spurring the Commodore to rebuke him when he ducked. A few minutes later, another shell screamed overhead and Dewey himself ducked. When Dutreaux reminded the squadron commander of his admonition minutes earlier, Dewey first frowned, then smiled and replied, "Yes, dammit, I ducked. I suppose it's just natural". "He was a hero, and a real man", Dutreaux finished, fingering the bronze medal that bore his commander's likeness.
Charles Dutreaux died at age 75 in October 1947. He was survived by his wife, May Bernice, who died the following year.
Dutreaux Charles Jean -- [Service Number] 001655177, [Date of Enlistment] 07/17/1895
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US Naval veteran. During the Spanish American War he was a Bayman aboard the USFS Olympia, flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay.
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