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JOHN ROBERT HAGOOD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1945 – November 1, 1969
Service recordJohn Robert Hagood, of Arcadia, Nebraska, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 13
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Arcadia, Nebraska (Valley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 13
- PHILIP JAMES ENLOWSpecialist Five · November 1, 1969
- JIMMY KEN HARRISONSpecialist Five · November 1, 1969
- ERIC THOMAS HARSHBARGERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1969
- JOEL THOMAS LAUStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOEL THOMAS LAUStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 13
- SAM HENRY MANGUMSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 14
- JAMES ARTHUR ROSSSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 15
From Arcadia
- LARRY ALBERT LINDELLPetty Officer Third Class · May 6, 1967
- JAMES WOODSON BEAMSWarrant Officer · July 27, 1967
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.