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FRED GUNDER HAUG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1945 – April 18, 1969
Service recordFred Gunder Haug, of Merced, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 107
- THOMAS ARTHUR DAVISChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 18, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS DEPRIESTFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN DITTMERSergeant · April 18, 1969
- RANDALL SHELLEY ELLISSergeant First Class · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS DEPRIESTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 107
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
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.