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JOEL THOMAS HAGEMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
October 21, 1946 – March 12, 1971
Service recordJoel Thomas Hageman, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 40
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 40
- JERRY LEE DANAYPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JOSEPH JAMES GOMEZSpecialist Five · March 12, 1971
- MELVIN HAZLEYStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1971
- MICHAEL WAYNE HILLCorporal · March 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- VAN JOHN JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 41
- SAMUEL TAYLOR OWENSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 42
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.