Veterans' Memorial Project
Chester Gilbert Hadden
Chicago, IL
World War I
College: Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
Graduation Year: 1916
Service branch: Army
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Date of Birth: 10/7/1893
Date of Death: 4/3/1918
Scabbard and Blade; Captain, University Brigade
Visitor Comments
Lt. Hadden entered military service with the 10th Infantry, Fort Leavenworth and became 2nd Lieutenant. Later went to bayonet school at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma on detached service, and finally to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. He died at Ft. Benjamin Harrison from the effects of a pistol shot, supposedly self-inflicted.-taken from several University sources