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DAVID OSCAR HAAKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1945 – August 12, 1969
Service recordDavid Oscar Haake, of Nashville, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Nashville, Illinois (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 14
- LEO FRANK GREEN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- MELVIN GREENSpecialist Five · August 12, 1969
- MICHAEL JON GREGORIUSLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- PHILLIP GUZMAN JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE PAUL CLARKCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 11
- DONALD GARY DILLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 12
- LAWRENCE DAY GREEFFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 13
- JAMES LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 16
- BRADLEY JOSEPH SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 23
From Nashville
- MERILL LAWRENCE SUEDMEYERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES JAVORCHIKCorporal · July 4, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
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.