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Hayden Allen Harris

Death by Force
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In December of 2020, a disagreement over a vehicle transaction between two soldiers stationed at Fort Drum in New York set in motion a tragic chain of events that would end in a quiet, wooded area of New Jersey. Cpl. Hayden Allen Harris, a 20-year-old infantryman, was last heard from between the late evening of December 17th and the early morning of December 18th. He had arranged to meet a fellow soldier, Spc. Jamaal Mellish, in Watertown, New York, to exchange vehicles. Harris was posthumously ...Read More
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  • Auburn Citizen: Fort Drum soldier found fatally shot, another soldier held
  • syracuse: Army soldier from N.Y. found shot to death in N.J., fellow soldier in custody, official says
    • Victim Details

    Hayden Allen Harris

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Stanhope

    NJ

    2020-12-19

    20

    Hayden

    Allen Harris

    11/17/2025

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