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EARL WARREN HAUG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1944 – February 10, 1968
Service recordEarl Warren Haug, of Everett, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 68
- RONALD DELL BUNTINGPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LARRY LEONARD HOYTPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- HUGH RICHARD JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE WAYNE BERRYCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 64
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREFCZYNSKIMaster Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 64
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 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.