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BOBBY GENE HANEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 18, 1949 – March 14, 1970
Service recordBobby Gene Haney, of Berrien Springs, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 127
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Berrien Springs, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 127
- TIMOTHY DAVID ECHOLSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- DONALD B FINCHERMajor · March 14, 1970
- GERALD RICHARD HAUSWIRTHFirst Lieutenant · March 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JOHN DIMARZIOStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 128
- LOUIS A PAVLACKY JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 128
- JIMMY DARRELL ROBERSONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 128
- JOHN JAMES ILLINGWORTHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 129
From Berrien Springs
- DAVID DENNIS BERKHOLZSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN BRUECKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
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.