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THOMAS VANCE HAGEMEIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1948 – July 3, 1969
Service recordThomas Vance Hagemeier, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 51
- RICHARD WAYNE FELTCorporal · July 3, 1969
- MICHAEL FLEMING FOLLANDCorporal · July 3, 1969
- JOHN LAVERNE FORDHAMCorporal · July 3, 1969
- PHILLIP THOMAS IVESSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES BERLIN DEDONStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 50
- GARLAND DALE FLOYDCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 52
- BARRY LEE OSBORNSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 55
- RODNEY DAVID WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 58
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 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.