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RONALD EDWIN HAGSTROM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 19, 1948 – October 2, 1969
Service recordRonald Edwin Hagstrom, of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 28
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
- February 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Glen Ellyn, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 28
- RAYFORD JEROME HILLPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- EDISON DENNIS HULLPrivate First Class · October 2, 1969
- DELVIN LEE KOHLERPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- RONALD WAYNE MONTGOMERYPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WASHINGTON MORRIS LANGLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 29
- BILLY JOE RENFROWSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 31
From Glen Ellyn
- JOHN FELLOWS SCULL JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- JOHN BRUCE CAPELSecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1966
- THOMAS BENEDICT DUFFY JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS MORGANCaptain · September 4, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER DICKEYLieutenant Colonel · February 23, 1969
- ROGER LEE PIERCEMajor · January 25, 1972
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.