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JEROME ALFRED HAGEN
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
September 12, 1946 – January 14, 1967
Service recordJerome Alfred Hagen, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 14, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 27
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- September 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Fergus Falls, Minnesota (Otter Tail County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 27
- LONNIE ALLEN FLOYDSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ROGER PAUL GALLANTStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1967
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- FERRELL HUMMINGBIRDLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
From Fergus Falls
- JOHN CHARLES YATESSecond Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
- GARY VAUGHN LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- MICHAEL GREGORY JENSONStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
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.