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HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordHoward Thaddeus Haught JR, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 93
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
- Concrete And Asphalt Equipment Operator (62H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 34 ENG BN 59 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarksburg, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 93
- JERRY DON HARSSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- WILBUR LEE HICKSCorporal · February 28, 1969
- DAVID KEITH JACOBSGAARDCaptain · February 28, 1969
- GARY LYNN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
From Clarksburg
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · December 11, 1964
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- WALTER GRANT KNIGHTSpecialist Five · December 4, 1966
- RONALD HARVEY DYEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CARL EDWARD GOLDSMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORKPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · June 3, 1969
- RICHARD JACKSON SWIGERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
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.