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HARRY DONALD HASKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1945 – April 29, 1966
Service recordHarry Donald Haskins, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 8
- JOSEPH AGUIGUI CRUZPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK EGANLieutenant Commander · April 29, 1966
- VICTOR JAMES FORDLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT ENOCH FOSTER JRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES GLENN MCINTOSHLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
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.