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AUSTIN WILLIAM HAVERKAMP
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 11, 1943 – September 28, 1968
Service recordAustin William Haverkamp, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 35
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 522 MED DET 44 MED BDE
- Born
- April 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 35
- DAVID LLOYD DIXONPetty Officer Third Class · September 28, 1968
- RAYMOND E EVANSCorporal · September 28, 1968
- DAVID PAUL HALPINFireman · September 28, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HAMILTON JRCorporal · September 28, 1968
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.