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DAVID ALLEN HAEFNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Allen Haefner, of North Mankato, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 16
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 77 ARTY 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- North Mankato, Minnesota (Nicollet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 1 BN 77 ARTY 1 CAV DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 16
- LESLIE EARL HARRIS JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM EMORY HEILMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- DUANE A HELMICKCaptain · May 5, 1968
- HAROLD THOMAS HENESYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 27
From North Mankato
- GERALD PHILLIP OGLESBYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
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.