ALBERT STARKE HAGOOD

 

The Citadel Class of:	Class of 1931	Click image to enlarge
Cadet Company:	A (4), B – Corporal (3), E – Sergeant (2), E (1)
Age:	35
Born:	12-Jun-09
Hometown:	Easley, Pickens County, South Carolina
Family:	Ruth Starke (mother), Clarence Bruce Hagood (father), Katherine Hagood (sister), Dorothy Grogan (wife), Albert S. Hagood, Jr. (son), Ruth Starke Hagood (daughter)
Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Branch of Service:	U.S. Army
Servicenumber:	O-281969
Entered the Service from:	South Carolina
Function:	not available
Regiment:	38th Infantry Regiment
Battalion:	2nd
Division:	2nd Infantry Division
Company:	E
Unit:	not available
Date of death:	23-Mar-45
Status:	KIA
Place of death:	crossing Rhine River, Germany
Spot:	Altwied, Germany
Awards:	Purple Heart
Gravenumber:	Plot B Row 5 Grave 50
Cemetery:	Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Biography:	not available
Other information:	Activities – Greenville Club, Epicurean Club, Picnic Hop Committee, Cheer Leader, Chairman Senior Hop Committee, Bull Dog Staff, Junior Exhibition Platoon, Senior Exhibition Platoon. Major – Business Administration – Source: The Sphinx 1931 Lieut. Hagood Is Killed In Action EASLEY, Apr. 12. – Lt. Albert S. Hagood, 35, formerly reported as missing in action in Germany since March 23, was killed in action, according to word received by his wife, from the War department. Lieutenant Hagood graduated from The Citadel, and entered the Army May 13, 1943. He took refresher courses in anti-aircraft at Fort Benning, Ga., and Camp Croft, later transferring to the infantry. Prior to going overseas he was stationed at Fort Eustis, Va., Campu Hulen, Tex., and at the Adjutant General school in Washington. Before entering the service Lieutenant Hagood was a director in the Glenwood Cotton mills at Easley, and at the Pickens mill. He was the son of Mrs. Bruce Hagood, of the Poinsett hotel, Greenville, and the late Mr. Hagood, of Easley. Besides his mother and wife, he is survived by two children, Starke, and Albert Hagood, Jr., and by a sister, Mrs. R.A. Blakey, of Greenville. Lieutenant Hagood’s wife, who was the former Miss Dorothy Grogan, is residing with her sister, Mrs. Bert Winters, in Palm Beach, Fla. – Source: Greenville News, 13 Apr. 1945, p.10.

Sources: American Battle Monuments Commission, The Citadel Archive & Museum, Mike Stannard ’65, The Sphinx 1930 & 1931, Findagrave.com, e-familytree.net, Greenville County Library South Carolina Room

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