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JAMES DAVID HAGELSTEIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 21, 1949 – February 14, 1970
Service recordJames David Hagelstein, of Glassboro, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Glassboro, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 9
- DELMAR JOYCE HERRIN JRLance Corporal · February 14, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLEN HUGHEYSpecialist Five · February 14, 1970
- SAMUEL JOSEPH JORGENSENSpecialist Five · February 14, 1970
- ELDON RAY PAYNEWarrant Officer 1 · February 14, 1970
From Glassboro
- RICHARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- DOUGLAS EALEYSergeant · October 19, 1968
- LEON ROY FIELDSergeant First Class · December 13, 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.