Individual Details

His birth certificate looks more like Mancel Richard Haden. He was born in Houston; the family lived at 109 York St. His father, Hopkins Henry Haden, was 43, b. Cedar Bayou, TX, a pilot (boat) and his mother was Annie Lauie Matthews, age 36, b. Cedar Bayou, TX. He was the 4th child.

Mansel was lost at sea during World War II; he was on a coast guard vessel that sank. He is buried in the family plot at LaMarque, TX [note: probably a memorial - I'm not sure the bodied was ever recovered]

An Ancestry.com database for Veterans state that he is listed on a monument in Battery Park, New York City.
Mansel R. Haden, Seaman 1st Class, U.S. Coast Guard
Died 14 Sep 1944
Last known status: Missing
Another record lists his father as Mr. Hopkins Henry Haden, 2814 Broadway, Galveston.
Still another database says "Tablets of the Missing" at East Coast Memorial. Missing in Action or buried at Sea. new York City. World War II, Mansel R. Haden, Seaman, First Class, U.S.Coast Guard, Service ID: 558413

Birth	25 May 1921	Houston, Harris County, Texas
Death	14 Sep 1944

Father	Hopkins Henry Haden (1878 - 1954)
Mother	Annie Laurie Matthews (1885 - 1962)
Sibling	Lola Annie Haden (1909 - 2010)
Sibling	Ruby Faye Haden (1912 - 1992)
Sibling	Hopkins Henry Haden Jr. (1916 - 1985)