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FREDERICK WILLIAM HAAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1946 – February 15, 1968
Service recordFrederick William Haas, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 39E, Line 47
- LESTER FREEMANPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH LIGE FULTONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS GAYNORSergeant Major · February 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 47
- RAMON SAUL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 53
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES DUDLEY DORMANCorporal · May 12, 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.