ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ) – The first Green Bay firefighter killed in the line of duty has received the recognition he deserves, 125 years after his death.
Hans Hanson died while responding to a fire while on his first day on the job back in 1892.
Research into the incident found that Hanson was buried in an unmarked grave, and didn’t receive full fire department honor.
On Monday, Hanson was honored with a headstone at Woodlawn Cemetery in Allouez. Fire officials say the honor was long overdue.
“We memorialize all firefighters that are killed in the line of duty, and as time has gone on those recognitions have become more set into our culture. So to give this to him were giving something to ourselves as well,” Lt. David Siegel of the Green Bay Metro Fire Department told FOX 11.
Hanson is 1 of 9 Green Bay firefighters in history that have lost their lives in the line of duty.
