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JOHN LODA HAINES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1946 – March 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Loda Haines, of Vandalia, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 19
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Vandalia, Michigan (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 19
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS GRAYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW GRZEGOREKPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- BLUCHER RAY HALLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN WOOD DOWNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 16
- KENDALL THOMAS FORTNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 18
- JOSEPH EDWARD HARTZSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 20
- JOHN GERALD HEISELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 20
- EARL H HILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 21
- HOOD HAL HUNTPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 23
- JOE ALEMAN MIRANDAPrivate · Panel 43E, Line 26
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 28
- ANTHONY PATRIZICorporal · Panel 43E, Line 29
- DAVID L RAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 31
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 33
- GLENN SULLIVANSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 36
- LEAMUEL ARTIS WHITESecond Lieutenant · Panel 43E, Line 38
From Vandalia
- EARNEST LEE KAUFFMANPrivate First Class · February 20, 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.