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JOHN ROBERT HAGAN
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1945 – May 6, 1969
Service recordJohn Robert Hagan, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on May 6, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 6, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 11
- BURTON WARD DALKESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- KENNETH LAWRENCE DULLEYSergeant First Class · May 6, 1969
- CHARLES MCDONALD FULLERPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN WOEHRLCorporal · May 6, 1969
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.