Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Fagan akapiwa basa romutevedzeri wechipiri muMarines muna January 1942. Fagan akashanda semutungamiri mukuru weG Company, Second Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. Akarwa muBougainville, Guadalcanal, New Zealand, Kwajalein,
Eniwetok, uye nhimbe dzeGuam. Akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa muhondo yezvombo paIwo Jima musi waFebruary 26, 1945; akabudiswa uye akafa zuva rakatevera. Fagan akapiwa kaviri Navy Cross: kamwe nokuda kwezviito zvake paHondo yeGuam, imwe nokuda kwezviito zvake paHondo yeIwo Jima. Akagamuchira mubairo wechipiri pashure pokufa kwake.