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THOMAS ALVIN SAGEN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 21, 1943 – August 24, 1965
Service recordThomas Alvin Sagen, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 19
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Missiles) (GMM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO NMCB 9 3 NC BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Two Rivers, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 19
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LYONSFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1965
- FRED MOORE JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · November 4, 1965
From Two Rivers
- ALLEN JOHN KAKUKPrivate First Class · August 9, 1966
- ROBERT PAUL RUMINSKILance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES BEHRENSSergeant · January 31, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREFCZYNSKIMaster Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- KARL EDWIN WEBERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
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.