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KARL RICHARD HARING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 11, 1949 – September 24, 1968
Service recordKarl Richard Haring, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42W, Line 3
- ROBERT ENOCH WILLIAMSCorporal · September 23, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON WRAYPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- JOE CLEVELAND BERRYCorporal · September 24, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH SMOCZYNSKIPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GLEN WOLFFSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 9
From Aurora
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · March 21, 1967
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 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.