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DOUGLAS JOHN HAAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – December 20, 1968
Service recordDouglas John Haan JR, of Morrison, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 50
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Morrison, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- 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 December 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 50
- RAPHEAL JOHN FROSTSpecialist Four · December 20, 1968
- ALBERT BRUNO GERDES JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- STANLEY RAY GILMORESpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
- DARRELL LYNN HAGGARDWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CLARK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 48
- DENNIS FRANCIS MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 53
- MICHAEL JOSEPH OTOOLEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 54
From Morrison
- LAWRENCE EDWARD HOWARDPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS BRIGHTMANCaptain · October 31, 1969
- HARRY ARLO AMESBURY JRMajor · April 26, 1972
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.