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JOHN MERLE HASKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – September 19, 1967
Service recordJohn Merle Haskins, of Ehrenberg, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Ehrenberg, Arizona (La Paz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 93
- HERBERT ALLEN LOUCKSSergeant · September 19, 1967
- STANLEY W MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY W MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 93
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.