| Henry A. Hammel | |
| Birth Date: | 20 September 1840 |
| Birth Place: | Germany |
| Death Place: | Missouri |
| Placeofburial: | Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Rank: | First Sergeant |
| Unit: | Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery |
| Battles: | American Civil War |
| Awards: | Medal of Honor |
Henry A. Hammel (September 20, 1840 – November 29, 1902) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.[1]
Hammel was born in Germany on September 20, 1840, and entered service at St. Louis, Missouri. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism, while a sergeant in Battery A, 1st Missouri Light Artillery, on April 28 and 29, 1863, on board the steamer Cheeseman at Grand Gulf, Mississippi. His Medal of Honor was issued on March 10, 1896.[2]
He died at the age of 62, on November 29, 1902, and was buried at the Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.