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JOSEPH CLAYTON HAGA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 25, 1943 – March 25, 1969
Service recordJoseph Clayton Haga, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 36
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 36
- JEWELL ROBERT GREENSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
- EARL MARSHALL HAYESPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- FREDERICK DANIEL HERRERASergeant First Class · March 25, 1969
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.