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JACK LEONARD HAGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1947 – June 11, 1969
Service recordJack Leonard Hager, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 21
- PHILLIP DEAN HARDYCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE HICKSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- FREDDY LEE HOLLOWAYCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MYLON RAY HOPKINSSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL CORR JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 19
- PAUL GUTTERREZ GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 20
- CHARLES ROSS MANARELPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 23
- EDWARD JEROME SHAUGHNESSYPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 27
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.