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HAROLD EUGENE HAGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1949 – January 6, 1968
Service recordHarold Eugene Hager, of Lovington, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Lovington, New Mexico (Lea County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 57
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT C GILLENSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
From Lovington
- REYNALDO GUZMANLance Corporal · January 25, 1966
- EDWARD EARL DAVIESLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- ENNIS EUGENE CROWSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- JOHN A RICKELSSergeant · January 29, 1968
- TERRY LEO TRAINORFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- RONALD GENE MCCRAWSergeant · March 14, 1968
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.