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PATRICK MICHAEL HAGERTY
Private · U.S. Army
July 27, 1949 – May 31, 1969
Service recordPatrick Michael Hagerty, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 27
- PRENTISS HARRIS JRSergeant · May 31, 1969
- MICHAEL FREDERICK HEATHPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL HOHMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1969
- CLARENCE JONES JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BYRON THOMAS CALKINSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 25
- JEROME NORMAN DOLLCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 26
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 26
- JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ TELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 26
- PRENTISS HARRIS JRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 27
- MICHAEL FREDERICK HEATHPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 27
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 28
- SALVADORE INIGUEZ RUIZSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- KENNETH WESLEY SCURRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- WILLIAM JERRY SEWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- RALPH HENRY ZERINGUESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 32
- STEPHEN EDWARD TURZILLISpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 33
- PHILIP GRANT WEIRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 33
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 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.