Charles A. Doyen (1859 - 1919)
Doyen (1859 - 1919) was born at Concord (NH) and educated at Concord schools. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy (Class of 1881), and entered military service as a midshipman in the U.S. Marine Corps (served 1881 - 1883).

Doyen was promoted to Second Lieutenant in 1883 and rose through the ranks. He held the rank of Colonel during the spanish-American War (1898 - 1899), when he was stationed at sea off Cuba and Puerto Rico. He subsequently served in the Phillines (1904 - 1906, 1913 - 1914).

In 1917, as the United States prepared to enter World War One, Doyen was in command of the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks at Washington, D.C. He was promoted to Brigadier General on March 22, 1917, and on June 5, 1917 Doyen went to France at the head of the Fifth Regiment of the U.S. Marines. Doyen saw active combat in the front-line trenches at Verdun. "Invalided" home in May 1918, Doyen commanded the U.S. Marine training facilities at Quantico (VA) before he died in 1919. The State of New Hampshire purchased Doyen's portrait in 1919.