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ROBERT LEE HAGER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 21, 1949 – September 22, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Hager JR, of Kannapolis, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 125
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Kannapolis, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 18W, Line 125
- FRED EDWARD GOLDCorporal · September 22, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- JAMES CURTIS HENSLEYCorporal · September 22, 1969
- GARY GRANT LAMBWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1969
- JOSHUA B STEWARTSpecialist Five · March 15, 1973
From Kannapolis
- JOHN CORNELIUS DUNLAPLance Corporal · April 9, 1967
- JIMMY RICHARD COXLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- JOHN TERRY MCINNISPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- JAMES DELANO ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- HAROLD REED RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- RAYMOND ERVIN BAUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE WATKINSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- DONALD MONROE SHUESergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
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.