H
arold William Hayden PFC USMCR Enlisted Cincinatti, Ohio 21 September 1942 Born Norwood, Ohio 28 September 1924 Killed In Action 22 November 1943, Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands (now the country of Kiribati) Company A 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment 2nd Marine Division Buried in East Division Cemetery, Tarawa, (Row D #22) also known as "Cemetery 33" Remains Recovered in 2019 by History Flight, Inc Identified 2020 by Department of Defense - Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
Timeline
1939 - 1945World War II
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
World War II
Branch
Marine Corps Reserve
Rank
Private First Class
Battalion
1st
Company
A
Regiment
6th
Service Number
466984
Theater
Pacific
Missing In Action
Repatriated 2019-2020 by History Flight and DPAA
Gold Star
Enlistment- Sep 21, 1942
Cincinnati, Ohio
Private
Stationed- 1943
A Company 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment 2nd Marine Division
Casualty- Nov 22, 1943
GSW
Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands
MIA, presumed KIA
Nov 22, 1943
Co A, 1st Bn, 6th Marines, 2ndMarDiv, FMF, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands
Award- Nov 22, 1943
Purple Heart
Betio Tarawa Gilbert Islands
Other Facts
Full Name
Harold William Hayden
