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RONALD JAMES HAGEN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1930 – September 17, 1969
Service recordRonald James Hagen, of Nekoosa, Wisconsin, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 102
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 5, 1930
- Home of record
- Nekoosa, Wisconsin (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 102
- DENNIS WAYNE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW FITCHSpecialist Five · September 17, 1969
- GARY LEE HAUGHTSpecialist Five · September 17, 1969
- STOKELY JAMES JONESSergeant · September 17, 1969
From Nekoosa
- KENNETH GLEN GOODNESSPrivate First Class · August 14, 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.