Hagen, Samuel

1918 - 1969  (50 years)

• Name	Hagen, Samuel
  Birth	17 May 1918  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HAGE.S003
  _FGRAVE	21705371
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Battery 'A', 428th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, United States Army  [2]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on August 20, 1943 at Chicago, Illinois. Completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Medium Artillery Gun Crewman. Departed the Continental U.S. in February, 1943 bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with Battery 'A', 428th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. By war's end based at Burauen, Leyte, Philippine Islands. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on February 22, 1946 at the Separation Center, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2155163
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Hagen, Samuel (1918-1969) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Asiatic-Pacific Theater, World War II
  		Burauen, Leyte, Philippines
  		Jefferson Barracks Military Post, Lemay, Missouri
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Hagen, Samuel (1918-1969)
  Death	20 Mar 1969  [1]
  Burial	Hoosier Prairie Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Hagen, Samuel
  Person ID	I26721	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Hagen, Ulysses S.,   b. 24 Dec 1872   d. 28 Jun 1960 (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Bowen, Daisy,   b. 23 May 1885   d. 14 Jul 1932 (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Family ID	F11485	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Hoosier Prairie Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S7510] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Hagen, Samuel, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hagen&GSfn=Samuel&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=21705371&df=) (Reliability: 2). [S7496] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Samuel Hagen, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2155163) (Reliability: 2). [S14124] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Hagen, Ulysess and Daisy, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21710516), none. (Reliability: 2).