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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Charles Hauschildt.

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JOHN CHARLES HAUSCHILDT

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

February 20, 1938 – October 5, 1965

Service record

John Charles Hauschildt, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 5, 1965, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 107

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Regular
Born
February 20, 1938
Home of record
Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 5, 1965
Age
27
Province
Phu Yen
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 107

From Chicago

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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.