Nathan Hale (colonel)

Nathan Hale
Birth nameNathan Hale
Born(1755-06-06)June 6, 1755
Hampstead, New Hampshire
DiedSeptember 23, 1780(1780-09-23) (aged 25)
Brooklyn, New York
Allegiance United States
Service / branchContinental Army
Years of service1774–1780
Rank Colonel
Battles / warsAmerican Revolutionary War
RelationsEnoch Hale (brother)

Nathan Hale (September 23, 1743 – September 23, 1780) was an American Revolutionary War officer who fought in the Battle of Lexington and Concord, Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Fort Ticonderoga, Hale was caught at British borders in Manhattan, New York and died as a POW at the age of 21.