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DAVID ALLEN HARGENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1949 – May 24, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Hargens, of Nickerson, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 95
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Nickerson, Nebraska (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 95
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · May 24, 1969
- ORVILLE HAMPTONSergeant First Class · May 24, 1969
- GEORGE HOSKINS JRPrivate · May 24, 1969
- CHARLES RAY JONESSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK WILLIAM FENNERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 94
- ELMER EUGENE FIELDSPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 94
- GARY ARNOLD NEAVORSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 97
- STANLEY TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 99
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.