Victor Palmer Hagen, the youngest son of George Hagen & Anna Elizabeth (Peterson)Hagen, was born December 10,1918 in Hayfield, Minnesota. Victor had 4 half sisters from his Father's 1st marriage...Prudence(Lewis), Blanche(LaBelle), Judith (Mathison) & Dorothy (Truman). He also had 4 "full" siblings Harriet(Ziemer), Alice (Flood), George Hagen & Roland Hagen.
Victor entered military service during WWII, serving as Seaman, Second Class in the United States Navy. It had to be with a very heavy heart that his widowed mother Elizabeth learned that her youngest son was "missing in action". Although the death date is given as 25 November 1945, it is sometimes said that with soldiers "missing in action" they are not declared "killed in action" until a year's time has gone by.
Because Victor was "missing in action", his name is listed at the Manila American Cemetery (Manila, Phillipines)...on the "Tablets of the Missing". He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Victor had many relatives in the Hayfield & Dodge county area who mourned his death. His Hagen Aunts & Uncle included Carrie(Hagen) Boe, Mary (Hagen) Holen, Agnes (Hagen) Peterson, Peter Hagen, Lena (Hagen) Baken & Betsy (Hagen) Baken. He had many nieces & nephews & cousins.
On the Hagen side of the family Victor was preceded in death by his father George Hagen (1862-1933)& his grandparents Peder (1831-1916) & Marit (1834-1822)Hagen.
Although we are proud of the service & the extreme sacrifice Victor made for his country let us not forget that he was more than just a military man...he was a son, a grandson, a nephew, a cousin, a friend, a neighbor...much more than just a war statistic.
Update: The following Hayfield Herald newspaper obit comes from Victor's nephew Steve Flood...
On March 19th, Mrs. Elizabeth Hagen, of Hayfield, received word from the government that her son, Victor, serving in the United States Navy, was among the missing following the great naval battle of the Coral Sea.
The Herald publishers had a cut made of the missing young man, but have delayed printing it, in the hope that he might still be heard from.
Victor Palmer Hagen, Hayfield's first war victim, was born in Hayfield on Dec. 10th, 1918, his parents being Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hagen. He grew to manhood in this village, where he attended the local school, graduating in the class of 1938.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on August 16th, 1940, and received his training at the Great Lakes training station. His first assignment was to the battleship Oklahoma, from which he was transferred to the Hendrickson, and later became a member of the crew of the cruiser Pillsbury, on which ship he went to the Phillipines about a year ago.
No word had been received from the missing young man since the great sea battle in which his ship, the Pillsbury, took a major part, but was reported missing with all on board , following the battle. Although the relatives and friends of the missing young man still cherish hopes that he may yet return, this hope grows fainter as time passes. But if he does not return, they have the consolation of knowing that he died a hero in the service of his country.
Relatives are: his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hagen and a brother Roland, of Hayfield, Mrs. Marvin Ziemer (Harriet), a sister, of Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs. B.A. Flood (Alice), a sister, of St. Paul; and George L. Hagen, a brother, of Rochester.
It is a sad duty for the Herald editor to write of the passing of this young man, a former neighbor and friend, and how gladly we would welcome having to publish a correction, stating that Victor was still in the land of the living, and coming back to us.
Added Note from Shirley Hemingway:
Although military records list Victor's death as 11/25/1945, that evidently was when he was officially declared dead...changing the status from MIA to dead after a certain amount of time. He actually was believed to have died on 2/28/1942 when his ship went down & his body was not recovered. That is the date given on his paver stone in the Veteran's Memorial Park in Hayfield, MN. Technically he still would be missing in action as no body was found.
Added note:
Minnesotans Killed in Action during World War II
During the dedication event for the Minnesota World War II Memorial on June 9, 2007, a list of those individuals Killed in Action (KIA) was read. Victor Palmer Hagen was one of the names read.
Minnesota is now among the few states that have their own WWII memorials. Authorized by the state legislature in 2000, the Minnesota World War II Veterans Memorial was dedicated in the state capital of St. Paul on June 9.
It features 10 glass panels etched with text and WWII scenes. The gray panels are three feet wide, eight feet tall and mounted on Minnesota granite.
ADDED NOTE from Shirley Hemingway:
There is an additional memorial for Victor Hagen
Findagrave Memorial # 56792097
Created by CWGC/ABMC
Listed as SMN VICTOR PALMER HAGEN
born: 1918
died: 11/25/1945 (date officially declared dead)
Burial: Manilla American Cemetery & Memorial
Plot: Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Tablets of the Missing
I am not requesting that this 2nd memorial be deleted as it shows the official date that the military declared the "official death" & that date is listed in the military records.
Update 1/2015: I just discovered that the other memorial has been "merged" with mine. I was advised that I should use the Declared Date of Death (with the listing of 11/25/1945) that would be presumeably listed on the "Tablets of the Missing" in the Manilla American Cemetery & Memorial.
Victor entered military service during WWII, serving as Seaman, Second Class in the United States Navy. It had to be with a very heavy heart that his widowed mother Elizabeth learned that her youngest son was "missing in action". Although the death date is given as 25 November 1945, it is sometimes said that with soldiers "missing in action" they are not declared "killed in action" until a year's time has gone by.
Because Victor was "missing in action", his name is listed at the Manila American Cemetery (Manila, Phillipines)...on the "Tablets of the Missing". He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Victor had many relatives in the Hayfield & Dodge county area who mourned his death. His Hagen Aunts & Uncle included Carrie(Hagen) Boe, Mary (Hagen) Holen, Agnes (Hagen) Peterson, Peter Hagen, Lena (Hagen) Baken & Betsy (Hagen) Baken. He had many nieces & nephews & cousins.
On the Hagen side of the family Victor was preceded in death by his father George Hagen (1862-1933)& his grandparents Peder (1831-1916) & Marit (1834-1822)Hagen.
Although we are proud of the service & the extreme sacrifice Victor made for his country let us not forget that he was more than just a military man...he was a son, a grandson, a nephew, a cousin, a friend, a neighbor...much more than just a war statistic.
Update: The following Hayfield Herald newspaper obit comes from Victor's nephew Steve Flood...
On March 19th, Mrs. Elizabeth Hagen, of Hayfield, received word from the government that her son, Victor, serving in the United States Navy, was among the missing following the great naval battle of the Coral Sea.
The Herald publishers had a cut made of the missing young man, but have delayed printing it, in the hope that he might still be heard from.
Victor Palmer Hagen, Hayfield's first war victim, was born in Hayfield on Dec. 10th, 1918, his parents being Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hagen. He grew to manhood in this village, where he attended the local school, graduating in the class of 1938.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on August 16th, 1940, and received his training at the Great Lakes training station. His first assignment was to the battleship Oklahoma, from which he was transferred to the Hendrickson, and later became a member of the crew of the cruiser Pillsbury, on which ship he went to the Phillipines about a year ago.
No word had been received from the missing young man since the great sea battle in which his ship, the Pillsbury, took a major part, but was reported missing with all on board , following the battle. Although the relatives and friends of the missing young man still cherish hopes that he may yet return, this hope grows fainter as time passes. But if he does not return, they have the consolation of knowing that he died a hero in the service of his country.
Relatives are: his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hagen and a brother Roland, of Hayfield, Mrs. Marvin Ziemer (Harriet), a sister, of Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs. B.A. Flood (Alice), a sister, of St. Paul; and George L. Hagen, a brother, of Rochester.
It is a sad duty for the Herald editor to write of the passing of this young man, a former neighbor and friend, and how gladly we would welcome having to publish a correction, stating that Victor was still in the land of the living, and coming back to us.
Added Note from Shirley Hemingway:
Although military records list Victor's death as 11/25/1945, that evidently was when he was officially declared dead...changing the status from MIA to dead after a certain amount of time. He actually was believed to have died on 2/28/1942 when his ship went down & his body was not recovered. That is the date given on his paver stone in the Veteran's Memorial Park in Hayfield, MN. Technically he still would be missing in action as no body was found.
Added note:
Minnesotans Killed in Action during World War II
During the dedication event for the Minnesota World War II Memorial on June 9, 2007, a list of those individuals Killed in Action (KIA) was read. Victor Palmer Hagen was one of the names read.
Minnesota is now among the few states that have their own WWII memorials. Authorized by the state legislature in 2000, the Minnesota World War II Veterans Memorial was dedicated in the state capital of St. Paul on June 9.
It features 10 glass panels etched with text and WWII scenes. The gray panels are three feet wide, eight feet tall and mounted on Minnesota granite.
ADDED NOTE from Shirley Hemingway:
There is an additional memorial for Victor Hagen
Findagrave Memorial # 56792097
Created by CWGC/ABMC
Listed as SMN VICTOR PALMER HAGEN
born: 1918
died: 11/25/1945 (date officially declared dead)
Burial: Manilla American Cemetery & Memorial
Plot: Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Tablets of the Missing
I am not requesting that this 2nd memorial be deleted as it shows the official date that the military declared the "official death" & that date is listed in the military records.
Update 1/2015: I just discovered that the other memorial has been "merged" with mine. I was advised that I should use the Declared Date of Death (with the listing of 11/25/1945) that would be presumeably listed on the "Tablets of the Missing" in the Manilla American Cemetery & Memorial.
Victor Palmer Hagen, the youngest son of George Hagen & Anna Elizabeth (Peterson)Hagen, was born December 10,1918 in Hayfield, Minnesota. Victor had 4 half sisters from his Father's 1st marriage...Prudence(Lewis), Blanche(LaBelle), Judith (Mathison) & Dorothy (Truman). He also had 4 "full" siblings Harriet(Ziemer), Alice (Flood), George Hagen & Roland Hagen.
Victor entered military service during WWII, serving as Seaman, Second Class in the United States Navy. It had to be with a very heavy heart that his widowed mother Elizabeth learned that her youngest son was "missing in action". Although the death date is given as 25 November 1945, it is sometimes said that with soldiers "missing in action" they are not declared "killed in action" until a year's time has gone by.
Because Victor was "missing in action", his name is listed at the Manila American Cemetery (Manila, Phillipines)...on the "Tablets of the Missing". He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Victor had many relatives in the Hayfield & Dodge county area who mourned his death. His Hagen Aunts & Uncle included Carrie(Hagen) Boe, Mary (Hagen) Holen, Agnes (Hagen) Peterson, Peter Hagen, Lena (Hagen) Baken & Betsy (Hagen) Baken. He had many nieces & nephews & cousins.
On the Hagen side of the family Victor was preceded in death by his father George Hagen (1862-1933)& his grandparents Peder (1831-1916) & Marit (1834-1822)Hagen.
Although we are proud of the service & the extreme sacrifice Victor made for his country let us not forget that he was more than just a military man...he was a son, a grandson, a nephew, a cousin, a friend, a neighbor...much more than just a war statistic.
Update: The following Hayfield Herald newspaper obit comes from Victor's nephew Steve Flood...
On March 19th, Mrs. Elizabeth Hagen, of Hayfield, received word from the government that her son, Victor, serving in the United States Navy, was among the missing following the great naval battle of the Coral Sea.
The Herald publishers had a cut made of the missing young man, but have delayed printing it, in the hope that he might still be heard from.
Victor Palmer Hagen, Hayfield's first war victim, was born in Hayfield on Dec. 10th, 1918, his parents being Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hagen. He grew to manhood in this village, where he attended the local school, graduating in the class of 1938.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on August 16th, 1940, and received his training at the Great Lakes training station. His first assignment was to the battleship Oklahoma, from which he was transferred to the Hendrickson, and later became a member of the crew of the cruiser Pillsbury, on which ship he went to the Phillipines about a year ago.
No word had been received from the missing young man since the great sea battle in which his ship, the Pillsbury, took a major part, but was reported missing with all on board , following the battle. Although the relatives and friends of the missing young man still cherish hopes that he may yet return, this hope grows fainter as time passes. But if he does not return, they have the consolation of knowing that he died a hero in the service of his country.
Relatives are: his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hagen and a brother Roland, of Hayfield, Mrs. Marvin Ziemer (Harriet), a sister, of Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs. B.A. Flood (Alice), a sister, of St. Paul; and George L. Hagen, a brother, of Rochester.
It is a sad duty for the Herald editor to write of the passing of this young man, a former neighbor and friend, and how gladly we would welcome having to publish a correction, stating that Victor was still in the land of the living, and coming back to us.
Added Note from Shirley Hemingway:
Although military records list Victor's death as 11/25/1945, that evidently was when he was officially declared dead...changing the status from MIA to dead after a certain amount of time. He actually was believed to have died on 2/28/1942 when his ship went down & his body was not recovered. That is the date given on his paver stone in the Veteran's Memorial Park in Hayfield, MN. Technically he still would be missing in action as no body was found.
Added note:
Minnesotans Killed in Action during World War II
During the dedication event for the Minnesota World War II Memorial on June 9, 2007, a list of those individuals Killed in Action (KIA) was read. Victor Palmer Hagen was one of the names read.
Minnesota is now among the few states that have their own WWII memorials. Authorized by the state legislature in 2000, the Minnesota World War II Veterans Memorial was dedicated in the state capital of St. Paul on June 9.
It features 10 glass panels etched with text and WWII scenes. The gray panels are three feet wide, eight feet tall and mounted on Minnesota granite.
ADDED NOTE from Shirley Hemingway:
There is an additional memorial for Victor Hagen
Findagrave Memorial # 56792097
Created by CWGC/ABMC
Listed as SMN VICTOR PALMER HAGEN
born: 1918
died: 11/25/1945 (date officially declared dead)
Burial: Manilla American Cemetery & Memorial
Plot: Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Tablets of the Missing
I am not requesting that this 2nd memorial be deleted as it shows the official date that the military declared the "official death" & that date is listed in the military records.
Update 1/2015: I just discovered that the other memorial has been "merged" with mine. I was advised that I should use the Declared Date of Death (with the listing of 11/25/1945) that would be presumeably listed on the "Tablets of the Missing" in the Manilla American Cemetery & Memorial.
Victor entered military service during WWII, serving as Seaman, Second Class in the United States Navy. It had to be with a very heavy heart that his widowed mother Elizabeth learned that her youngest son was "missing in action". Although the death date is given as 25 November 1945, it is sometimes said that with soldiers "missing in action" they are not declared "killed in action" until a year's time has gone by.
Because Victor was "missing in action", his name is listed at the Manila American Cemetery (Manila, Phillipines)...on the "Tablets of the Missing". He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Victor had many relatives in the Hayfield & Dodge county area who mourned his death. His Hagen Aunts & Uncle included Carrie(Hagen) Boe, Mary (Hagen) Holen, Agnes (Hagen) Peterson, Peter Hagen, Lena (Hagen) Baken & Betsy (Hagen) Baken. He had many nieces & nephews & cousins.
On the Hagen side of the family Victor was preceded in death by his father George Hagen (1862-1933)& his grandparents Peder (1831-1916) & Marit (1834-1822)Hagen.
Although we are proud of the service & the extreme sacrifice Victor made for his country let us not forget that he was more than just a military man...he was a son, a grandson, a nephew, a cousin, a friend, a neighbor...much more than just a war statistic.
Update: The following Hayfield Herald newspaper obit comes from Victor's nephew Steve Flood...
On March 19th, Mrs. Elizabeth Hagen, of Hayfield, received word from the government that her son, Victor, serving in the United States Navy, was among the missing following the great naval battle of the Coral Sea.
The Herald publishers had a cut made of the missing young man, but have delayed printing it, in the hope that he might still be heard from.
Victor Palmer Hagen, Hayfield's first war victim, was born in Hayfield on Dec. 10th, 1918, his parents being Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hagen. He grew to manhood in this village, where he attended the local school, graduating in the class of 1938.
He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on August 16th, 1940, and received his training at the Great Lakes training station. His first assignment was to the battleship Oklahoma, from which he was transferred to the Hendrickson, and later became a member of the crew of the cruiser Pillsbury, on which ship he went to the Phillipines about a year ago.
No word had been received from the missing young man since the great sea battle in which his ship, the Pillsbury, took a major part, but was reported missing with all on board , following the battle. Although the relatives and friends of the missing young man still cherish hopes that he may yet return, this hope grows fainter as time passes. But if he does not return, they have the consolation of knowing that he died a hero in the service of his country.
Relatives are: his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hagen and a brother Roland, of Hayfield, Mrs. Marvin Ziemer (Harriet), a sister, of Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs. B.A. Flood (Alice), a sister, of St. Paul; and George L. Hagen, a brother, of Rochester.
It is a sad duty for the Herald editor to write of the passing of this young man, a former neighbor and friend, and how gladly we would welcome having to publish a correction, stating that Victor was still in the land of the living, and coming back to us.
Added Note from Shirley Hemingway:
Although military records list Victor's death as 11/25/1945, that evidently was when he was officially declared dead...changing the status from MIA to dead after a certain amount of time. He actually was believed to have died on 2/28/1942 when his ship went down & his body was not recovered. That is the date given on his paver stone in the Veteran's Memorial Park in Hayfield, MN. Technically he still would be missing in action as no body was found.
Added note:
Minnesotans Killed in Action during World War II
During the dedication event for the Minnesota World War II Memorial on June 9, 2007, a list of those individuals Killed in Action (KIA) was read. Victor Palmer Hagen was one of the names read.
Minnesota is now among the few states that have their own WWII memorials. Authorized by the state legislature in 2000, the Minnesota World War II Veterans Memorial was dedicated in the state capital of St. Paul on June 9.
It features 10 glass panels etched with text and WWII scenes. The gray panels are three feet wide, eight feet tall and mounted on Minnesota granite.
ADDED NOTE from Shirley Hemingway:
There is an additional memorial for Victor Hagen
Findagrave Memorial # 56792097
Created by CWGC/ABMC
Listed as SMN VICTOR PALMER HAGEN
born: 1918
died: 11/25/1945 (date officially declared dead)
Burial: Manilla American Cemetery & Memorial
Plot: Final resting place unknown. Name listed on the Tablets of the Missing
I am not requesting that this 2nd memorial be deleted as it shows the official date that the military declared the "official death" & that date is listed in the military records.
Update 1/2015: I just discovered that the other memorial has been "merged" with mine. I was advised that I should use the Declared Date of Death (with the listing of 11/25/1945) that would be presumeably listed on the "Tablets of the Missing" in the Manilla American Cemetery & Memorial.
