Allen Hagaman

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Born October 13th 1885, Allen Orlando Hagaman was a US Naval linesman and the sole ground-crew casualty of the Hindenburg disaster on May 6th 1937.

Hagaman was killed after he tripped over mooring tracks, and the blazing hull of the airship hit the ground. Somes reports suggest he may have been crushed by an engine, rather than simply engulfed in the inferno.

Hagaman was a native of Lakehurst, New Jersey.

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