Hagen, Harvey W.

1920 - 2001  (81 years)

• Name	Hagen, Harvey W.
  Birth	23 Feb 1920	Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HAGE.H002
  _FGRAVE	25023800
  Military Service	World War II, Sergeant, Squadron H, 460th Army Air Forces Base Unit, United States Army Air Forces  [2]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on February 3, 1942 at Scott Field, Illinois. Selected for the Air Corps, completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Marine Engineer (080). Served stateside with Squadron H, 460th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Base Services, Air Transport Command), Hamilton Field, San Rafael, California. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Sergeant on December 3, 1945 at the Separation Center, Scott Field. 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: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2170177
  		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 Air Corps
  		United States Army Air Corps
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		Sergeant, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948) NOTE: The three stripe Sergeant Insignia was not used during the Korean War
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Hagen, Harvey W. (1920-2001) 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
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
  		Hamilton Army Airfield, California
  		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, Harvey W. (1920-2001)
  Death	23 Jul 2001	Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Hagen, Harvey W.
  		Headstone, Hagen, Harvey W.
  Person ID	I26719	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Hagen, Harvey Dewitt,   b. 20 Oct 1901   d. 27 Jul 1978 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Wilson, Ruby Lillian,   b. 23 Mar 1902, Clay County, Illinois d. 29 Oct 1980, Clay County, Illinois (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F11484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grahn, Erma Pauline,   b. 4 Dec 1933, Dewey, Champaign County, Illinois d. 25 Oct 2008, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F11483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Feb 1920 - Louisville, Clay County, Illinois Death - 23 Jul 2001 - Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Old Union Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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