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Personal info

Full name
HAGEN, Paul Victor
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
20302033
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart,
French Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 38 36

Immediate family

Members
Victor A. Hagen (father)
Nellie (Cosgrove) Hagen (mother)
Elizabeth M. Hagen (sister)
Elizabeth R. (Halpin) Hagen (wife)

More information

Pfc Paul V. Hagen was an electrician with the Crucible Steel Company before he joined the National Guard in Scranton, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for helping a severely wounded soldier while his unit was pinned down by devastating enemy mortar and artillery fire.

He was wounded in action near Sevenich, Germany on 13 September 1944 and don 20 September 1944 in France.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Donelan Petrilli Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Times Tribune Pennsylvania 27 October 1944 / The Tribune 4 October 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – The Tribune 4 October 1944