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Glenn E. Hazen

NAME
Glenn Edward Hazen
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
310266
UNIT
Marine Detachment
USS Houston
HOME OF RECORD
Garden, MI
NEXT OF KIN
Father, Mr. Vernon E. Hazen
DATE OF BIRTH
May 28, 1918
at Garden, MI
ENTERED SERVICE
June 2, 1941
at Chicago, IL
DATE OF LOSS
March 1, 1942
alt. February 28, 1942
REGION
Java Sea
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Sunda Strait
CASUALTY TYPE
Missing In Action
Declared Dead December 15, 1945
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Private Glenn E. Hazen was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the cruiser USS Houston. He was last seen aboard his ship on 1 March 1942, when she was sunk in the battle of Sunda Strait.

Hazen’s body was never found, and he was officially declared dead on 15 December 1945.

INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK
Private
STATUS OF REMAINS
Lost at sea
MEMORIALS
New Garden Cemetery, Garden, MI
Manila American Cemetery

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