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EDWARD ODAY HASKETT
Private · U.S. Army
July 7, 1949 – August 30, 1968
Service recordEdward Oday Haskett, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 6
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1949
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45W, Line 6
- MAURICE JOHN HAASSergeant · August 30, 1968
- RAMON S HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES HENRY JESSMANPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE TRASTERPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.