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JAMES FRANCIS HAIDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1944 – June 9, 1969
Service recordJames Francis Haider, of Watertown, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 120
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Watertown, South Dakota (Codington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 120
- WALDEMAR JOHN GEIGERFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
- GORDON MILTON GEORGE JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- LARRY RUSSELL GILBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT GREGORYSpecialist Five · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEROY CONWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- STONEY LEE DEELSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 119
- JIMMY ANDERSON INGRAMSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 2
- RICHARD DOUGLAS MCKENZIESecond Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 5
- DENNIS STANLEY WOSICKSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
From Watertown
- MICHAEL EUGENE GEARHARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS LANGENFELDPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1968
- DEAN FRANKLIN BOLHOUSEWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- MARK ROLAND HORNERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1970
- DENIS JAMES ZIMPRICHSpecialist Four · April 7, 1970
- RICHARD ANDREW LARSONCaptain · May 22, 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.