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DONALD DEAN HASKINS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 22, 1943 – October 31, 1965
Service recordDonald Dean Haskins, of Audubon, Iowa, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 31, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 9
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 9 3 NC BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Audubon, Iowa (Audubon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 9
- CHARLES ROBERT HEMPEL JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
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.