Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An ba Fagan izini na biyu a cikin Sojan Ruwa a watan Janairun 1942. Fagan ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan kwamandan G, na biyu, na 9th Marine Regiment, na 3 na Marine Division. Ya yi yaƙi a Bougainville, Guadalcanal, New Zealand, Kwajalein, Eniwetok
, da kuma yakin Guam. Ya ji rauni sosai a hannun hannu a Iwo Jima a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 1945; an kwashe shi kuma ya mutu washegari. An ba Fagan sau biyu lambar yabo ta Navy: sau ɗaya don ayyukansa a yakin Guam, ɗayan kuma don ayyukansa a yakin Iwo Jima. Ya sami lambar yabo ta biyu bayan mutuwarsa.