Nidal Malik Hasan

Hasan is one of those names I can only write about with a heavy heart. A psychiatrist and Army major whose job was to mend wounded minds, he instead carried out the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed thirteen people. The service medals on his chest mean nothing against that. I refuse to dress him up as anything other than what he is, and I won't let curiosity slide into glamorization. What lingers for me is the failure it represents, the warning signs missed and the lives lost. My take is simple: remember the victims first, study the breakdown second, and never romanticize the man.

Name (English)

Nidal Malik Hasan

Name (Japanese)

ニダル・マリク・ハサン

Reading

にだる・まりく・はさん

Born

September 8, 1970 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

Origin

Arlington County, Virginia, United States

Occupation

psychiatrist / military physician / mass murderer

High school

Wakefield High School

Awards & achievements

• Army Service Ribbon
• National Defense Service Medal
• Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidal%20Hasan
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1400551

Tags

• Virginia
• psychiatrist
• military physician
• mass murderer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.