Résumé

Draftsman, Siems-Drake-Puget Sound Company, Seattle, WA, 1940. The Siems-Drake-Puget Sound Company was a construction company that had contracts with the US Navy to build a base and other facilities in AK's Aleutian Islands, in 1940-1941. This base was located at Dutch Harbor, AK, later renamed Fort Mears, on 09/10/1941. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 48, accessed 12/19/2025.) Hamilton and his brother Norman worked for the Siems-Drake-Puget Sound Company on 10/16/1940.

Sergeant, US Army Air Forces (USAAF), c. 1942-1945.

Principal, Hamilton Eckert, Architect, Seattle, WA, between 1954 and 1960, at least. Eckert maintained an office at 915 East Pine Street in Seattle during the period 1955 through 1960, at least. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1954, p. 395 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1960, p. 221.)

High School

Graduate, Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA, 1935. As noted in Roosevelt High's A Strenuous Life Yearbook, 1935 (p. 31), Eckert belonged to Public Safety Committee.

Relocation

Hamilton Eckert was born in Tacoma, WA, to Harry B. and Lena Eckert.

In 04/1940, Eckert lived with his parents in a rented house at 4704 17th Avenue NE in Seattle. They paid $65 per month in rent, more than average for the vicinity. By 10/1940, he had moved to 2226 East 46th Street in the same city. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 48, accessed 12/19/2025.)

Eckert resided at 2245 Yale Avenue N, Apartment #30. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1954, p. 395.)

Eckert died at age 82 and was buried in the Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, WA.

Parents

His father, Harry Bernard Eckert (born 12/26/1879 in Auburn, NY-1d. 03/11/1962 in Monterey County, CA) completed high school and worked as a road contractor (c. 1930) and for the Seatle Gas Company (c. 1940).

His mother was Lena C. Campbell, (born 04/29/1876 in NY-d. 02/04/1977 in Monterey County ,CA) who managed the household. She had attended two years of college, as per the 1940 US Census. Growing up, Lena had lived in Elmira, NY. In 1950, Harry and Lena resided with their daughter Margaret in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Carmel-By-The-Sea, Monterey, California; Roll: 1710; Page: 74; Enumeration District: 27-69, accessed 12/19/2025.)

He had two brothers and two sisters: Carroll C. Eckert (born 03/10/1910 in Tacoma, WA-d. 04/06/2004 in Vancouver, WA), Margaret E. Eckert Wagner (born 11/03/1911 in Pierce County, WA-d. 11/17/1990 in Monterey County, CA), Norman Alan Eckert, Sr., (born 03/21/1913 in Tacoma, WA-d. 02/04/1993 in Reno, NV) and Daphne Eckert Morgan Mickens (born 05/25/1919 in Shelton, WA-d- 11/20/1994 in Olympia, WA). Hamilton and his two sisters had had at least two years of college coursework by 1940. Margaret worked as a hospital laboratory technician in 1950 in Monterey County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Carmel-By-The-Sea, Monterey, California; Roll: 1710; Page: 74; Enumeration District: 27-69, accessed 12/19/2025.)

His brother Norman also entered the building industry, working for a Seattle construction company in 1950. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: 828; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 40-249, accessed 12/19/2025.)

Biographical Notes

In 1940, Eckert was described as Caucasian, with a light brown complexion, gray eyes and brown hair. He stood 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighed 130 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 48, accessed 12/19/2025.)

SSN: 532189555.