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DAVID ARNOLD HAAKENSEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 8, 1945 – October 30, 1966
Service recordDavid Arnold Haakensen, of Big Sandy, Montana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Big Sandy, Montana (Chouteau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 130
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- DWIGHT WILLIE LAWSLance Corporal · October 30, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- JOHN WILLIE WOODS JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
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.