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WILLIAM CLYDE HAGERICH
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
February 28, 1941 – February 20, 1970
Service recordWilliam Clyde Hagerich, of Opa-Locka, Florida, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 20, 1970, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 35
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 First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- February 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Opa-Locka, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 35
- LARRY EDWARD HANDStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1970
- DEXTER DUANE HARBOURSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- MICHAEL LEO HELLERPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
- STEVEN LEWIS HESTERLance Corporal · February 20, 1970
From Opa-Locka
- LESTER KEYLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- CHARLES J HOFFMANN IIISpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MATTHEW OWEN MCKNIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1967
- IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- WILLIAM MARK ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- RONALD JAMES RHODESSergeant · March 4, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE PALMERSergeant · March 5, 1969
- JAMES LARRY WALDENCorporal · February 6, 1970
- GREGORY ALLAN TYNESSpecialist Five · April 15, 1971
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.