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ROBERT ALBERT HAGAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1947 – October 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Albert Hagan JR, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 24
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- RICHARD LYON EDWARDSCaptain · October 23, 1968
- ERNEST ULRIC GAMELIN JRPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 23
- ROBERT MICHAEL CROSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 23
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 24
- ERNEST ULRIC GAMELIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 24
- JOHN THOMAS REILLYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 25
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.