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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Louis W. Hagener, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Delta County, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

RANK: LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE. INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE IN 1943. TRAINED IN CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA AND SHEEPSHEAD BAY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. SERVED IN THE ALEUTIANS, SOUTH PACIFIC, MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ATLANTIC THEATERS OF OPERATIONS. DECORATIONS AND MEDALS: MEDITERRANEAN MIDDLE EAST BAR, ATLANTIC WAR ZONE BAR, PACIFIC WAR ZONE BAR AND THE MERCHANT MARINE COMBAT BAR. HE WAS HONORABLE DISCHARGED IN 1946.