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DAVID PETER HAEGELE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – February 8, 1969
Service recordDavid Peter Haegele, of Napoleon, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Napoleon, North Dakota (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 85
- DAVID BRUCE GRAHAMCorporal · February 8, 1969
- LAWRENCE CHESTER HAWLEYPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- RODGER DALE HOWARDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SMITHSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GREGORY BROWNCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 83
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 85
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 86
- ALEXANDER A S PEOPLESSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 88
- MICHAEL JOHN SPEARSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
- MANUEL GURROLA ULLOASergeant · Panel 33W, Line 90
- KERRY FRANK WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 90
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.