Army Special Forces Lieutenant Loren Hagen earned the Medal of Honor posthumously when he led his team in fighting off a North Vietnamese attack, exposing himself to enemy fire to try to save a fellow American.

Born in North Dakota and raised in Minnesota, Hagen was an Eagle Scout who had saved the life of a swimmer in 1968. Nicknamed, “Festus”, he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Read his Medal of Honor citation, and honor and remember him.