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JOSEPH N HAO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 10, 1929 – November 14, 1964
Service recordJoseph N Hao, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 72
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
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1964
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1964. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 72
- EUGENE MICHAEL PALISKISStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1964
- WILLIAM REYNOLDS MARTINCaptain · November 18, 1964
- EDWIN RAYMOND EASONCaptain · November 19, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
- ROBERT ORTOGERO NATARTESergeant · February 15, 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.