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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Louis Hashagen.

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WILLIAM LOUIS HASHAGEN

Corporal · U.S. Army

November 11, 1949 – March 5, 1971

Service record

William Louis Hashagen, of Blairstown, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 4W · Line 24

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
November 11, 1949
Home of record
Blairstown, New Jersey (Warren County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 5, 1971
Age
21
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.

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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.