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HOMER HOWARD HAWS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – April 15, 1968
Service recordHomer Howard Haws, of Seymour, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Seymour, Indiana (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 4
- ROBERT FRITSCHE JRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE HEUERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- RONALD LEE HOLTZHOUSERSergeant · April 15, 1968
- ROBERT EARL MALONEFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK FRANCIS SCHAROSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 8
From Seymour
- JACKIE DEAN REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- KENNETH MERLE BRANAMANPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- WILLIAM DEAN LARAWAYLance Corporal · April 11, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR STEVENS JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY CLEVENGERSergeant Major · June 6, 1969
- GARY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
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.