1920 - 1941 (21 years)
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Name |
Henry Stokes Hayden |
Born |
11 May 1920 |
Newark, New Jersey, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
19 Sep 1941 |
Kodiak, Alaska, USA |
- Kodiak, The Territory of Alaska
- World War II -
Missing in Action
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Buried |
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States |
Person ID |
I05557 |
Family Tree |
Last Modified |
2 Dec 2024 |
Father |
George Rutherford Hayden, b. 19 Jun 1890, Borough of Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA , d. 21 Dec 1982, Castroville, Monterey County, California, USA (Age 92 years) |
Mother |
Mae Belle Brewster, b. 20 Jan 1894, Newark, New Jersey, USA , d. 12 Oct 1983, Watsonville, California, USA (Age 89 years) |
Married |
23 Aug 1919 |
Newark, New Jersey, USA |
Family ID |
F1865 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Headstones |
 | Henry Hayden Hayden Henry S
PFC 250 CA REGT California
Courts of the Missing |
Obituary & Death Notice |
 | M'Quaide Boy Missing After Canoe Trip --Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz, California, September 26, 1941 Page 5 |
 | Henry Hayden Accompanying the name "Henry Stokes Hayden" on the December 2, 1942, Watsonville Register-Pajaronian Roll of Honor, was the comment, "Missing in Alaska."
While residing in Santa Cruz County, he enlisted as a private in the 250th Coastal Artillery National Guard. On September 16, 1940, the unit was mustered into federal service and stationed at Camp McQuaide near Watsonville. At the camp Private Hayden was trained to be a coastal artillerymen and/or "army mine planter."
In order to strengthen the defense of the Alaskan coast the army ordered the 250th Coast Artillery from Camp McQuaide to the area of Sitka, Alaska in June 1941. Henry Hayden departed with his battery from San Francisco on September 12, 1941, aboard the SS Chirkof. They arrived in Seattle on September 15 and three days later, left for Alaska. During the month of September, his unit was deployed on a windswept island two miles wide and ten miles long, located seven miles across a choppy sea from Kodiak, Alaska.
The circumstances behind Hayden's death are not known, but the American Battlefield Monument Commission records note that on September 19, 1941, Henry Hayden was "Missing in Action or Buried at Sea."
--Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010. |
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