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DAVID RAYMOND HAEFNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – December 26, 1967
Service recordDavid Raymond Haefner, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 63
- ALLEN D FORDStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1967
- JAMES HENRY GAMBLEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN GEHRKESpecialist Five · December 26, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDYSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 62
- TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 63
- LARRY LEE ORCUTTSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 64
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 65
From Williamsport
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
- WILLIAM GEORGE COREYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1963
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 1967
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.