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Harris was an infantryman with the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, and trained at Fort Benning, Georgia, before he joined the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in July 2019. He was promoted from specialist to corporal following his death. His awards and decorations include two Army Achievement Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Army Service Ribbon. Harris graduated Air Assault School in 2019. He was last heard from the night of Dec. 17 after he headed from Fort Drum to Watertown to meet fellow soldier ...

With his red hair, freckles and sunny disposition, everyone at home knew Hayden Harris as "Opie."  The kid from rural Tennessee was affectionate, thoughtful – "a good Christian boy," said Claire Hallissy, a family friend. He had an infectious smile and one passion in life: to join the U.S. Army. For the 20-year-old, that dream came to a mysterious end last weekend in the snowy woods of Sussex County, 1,000 miles from his hometown in Guys, Tennessee, and 300 more from Fort Drum, New York, where he'd been stationed since July 2019. A week after Harris' body was found, officials still h...

The missing soldier from Fort Drum has been found dead, Army officials said Sunday in a statement. A fellow soldier is in custody for his murder, according to authorities. The investigation into the death of Corporal Hayden Harris, 20, an infantryman from 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, is ongoing, officials said. Harris' body was found in a wooded area off a cul-de-sac on Ross Road in Byram Township on Saturday afternoon, according to Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller. “We are devastated,” said Brigadier Gene...

Dec 21, 2020 SYRACUSE (AP) – A 20-year-old soldier from Tennessee who went missing from New York state’s Fort Drum was found dead, officials said Sunday, adding that an investigation has been launched. Hayden Harris, of Guys, Tennessee, was last heard from Thursday night after he headed from Fort Drum to Watertown for a vehicle transaction, according to an Army statement. The Army asked for help from the public, and police agencies in several states joined the search effort. The Selmer Police Department in Tennessee reported on its Facebook page Saturday evening that Harris was found d...

1 Read / Add Comments Missing U.S. Army soldier Hayden Harris was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds Saturday afternoon in Sussex County -- his fellow soldier in custody, authorities said. The 20-year-old corporal's body was found by Byram Township firefighters, who noticed personal belongings including documents and shoes near a wooded cul-de-sac near Ross Road Saturday afternoon, Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller said. Firefighters called police when they saw blood, Mueller said. Harris' fellow soldier, Jamaal Mellish, 23, is be...