Lyle L. Hagneau*

LYLE L. HAGNEAU, 22, A WISCONSIN RAPIDS SOLDIER HOME ON LEAVE AFTER SPENDING NEARLY A YEAR IN VIETNAM BECAME WOOD COUNTY'S FIRST TRAFFIC FATALITY OF THE NEW YEAR 1971 IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN THE TOWN OF PORT EDWARDS ON JANUARY 1, 1971 AT ABOUT 1:30 AM.

SP-4 LYLE HAGNEAU WAS FATALLY INJURED AND HIS WIFE DARLENE 23, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN THE CAR WHICH HE WAS DRIVING WENT OUT OF CONTROL ON SWANSON ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 54 AND STRUCK A FENCE AND TREE.

HAGNEAU WHO WAS EXPECTED TO REPORT FOR DUTY EARLY NEXT WEEK AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL. MRS. HAGNEAU WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF CUTS, A CONCUSSION, FRACTURES OF BOTH LEGS , AND A BROKEN WRIST.

LYLE HAGNEAU WAS BORN OCTOBER 18, 1948 IN WISCONSIN RAPIDS. HE GRADUATED FROM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1966 AND BEFORE ENTERING THE MILITARY WAS EMPLOYED AT K&W GLASS. HE MARRIED DARLENE CZAPPA DECEMBER 27, 1969.

FUNERAL SERVICE AT IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH WITH BURIAL AT RESTLAWN CEMETERY.

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