The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Donald Hugo Hagge
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
145 ATKRON
Date of Death
February 8, 1953
Lieutenant Junior Grade Hagge was the pilot of an AD-4 Skyraider dive bomber with Attack Squadron 145 (702) aboard the carrier USS KEARSARGE (CVA-33). On February 8, 1953, while on a "Cherokee" mission, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed approximately 20 miles north of Hwachon Reservoir, North Korea. He was presumed dead June 14, 1954.